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Horton Looks at the ALI Principals


Barbara Bennett Woodhouse


Emory University School of Law; University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law

University of Utah Journal of Law and Family Studies, Vol. 4, 2002

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This essay investigates the use of ALI Prinicpals in child custody issues arising between not only biological parents but also "third-parties" who have been situated in loco parentis. Generism is a term coined by the author to describe the method that explores legal issues through a child-centered lens. This essay uses generism to probe the outcome on child custody when ALI principals are used and exposes the shortcomings of those principals, which adopt an adult-centric view when defining parenthood and thus fail to adequately recognize the importance to children of a de facto parenting relationship.

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Date posted: October 25, 2002  

Suggested Citation

Woodhouse, Barbara Bennett, Horton Looks at the ALI Principals. University of Utah Journal of Law and Family Studies, Vol. 4, 2002. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=305883

Contact Information

Barbara Bennett Woodhouse (Contact Author)
Emory University School of Law ( email )
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322
United States
404-727-4934 (Phone)
404-727-6820 (Fax)
University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law ( email )
P.O. Box 117625
Gainesville, FL 32611-7625
United States
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