Madison Bessho | October 5, 2021 | Children and the Law, Policing
House Bill 1140, concerning juvenile access to attorneys when contacted by law enforcement, was signed into law by Washington State Governor Jay Inslee, and will take effect in the state on January 1, 2022. The law requires that juveniles being questioned in...
Clare Ryan | July 29, 2021 | Children and the Law
Below is the abstract for “Children as Bargaining Chips,” available for download on SSRN. The parent-child relationship is one of the most valued and protected relationships in constitutional and family law. At the same time, the state has custodial power over...
Jeffrey A. Parness | July 22, 2021 | Children and the Law
The below is the abstract of “The Constitutional Limits on Custodial and Support Parentage by Consent,” featured in the Idaho Law Review. Prompted by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws through its Uniform Parentage Acts, and by the American...
Jennifer Morinigo | May 25, 2021 | American Indian Law, Children and the Law, Compliance and Enforcement for Organizations, Data Economy, Policing, Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons
The first segment of this year’s virtual Annual Meeting adjourned last week. Below is a summary of the actions taken on May 17 and 18. All approvals by the membership at the Annual Meeting are subject to the discussion at the Meeting and the usual editorial...
Elizabeth S. Scott, Richard Bonnie, Emily Buss, Clare Huntington, Solangel Maldonado and Jennifer Morinigo | April 29, 2021 | Children and the Law
Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law, Tentative Draft No. 3 (TD3) will be presented to ALI membership at the 2021 ALI Annual Meeting. The below black letter and Comment is excerpted from this draft, which contains § 10.10. Student Search by School Officials...
Bonnie Serrano | March 16, 2021 | Children and the Law
Bonnie Serrano of Texas Tech University School of Law has written “Stuck Between Growing up and Grown up: Delaying the Sentencing Phase for Young Adults Facing Capital Punishment in Texas.” (Texas Tech Law Review, forthcoming). The following is the...
