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J. Thomas Oldham

University of Houston Law Center

4604 Calhoun Road

Houston, TX 77204-6060

United States

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Changes in the Economic Consequences of Divorces, 1958-2008

Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2008, U of Houston Law Center No. 2009-A-1
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Jan 2009
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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divorce, equitable distribution, alimony, spousal support, guidelines

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Would Enactment of the Uniform Premarital and Marital Agreement Act in All Fifty States Change U.S. Law Regarding Premarital Agreements?

Family Law Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2012, U of Houston Law Center No. 2012-A-20
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Dec 2012
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Premarital agreement, Prenup, Postnuptial agreement, Marital agreement, Post-marital agreement, Marital regimes, Spousal waivers, Alimony waiver, Equitable distribution waiver, Spousal contracting, Access to counsel

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What if the Beckhams Move to L.A. and Divorce? Marital Property Rights of Mobile Spouses When They Divorce in the U.S.

Family Law Quarterly, 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 04 Feb 2008
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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marital property, conflicts of law, divorce, mobile spouses

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Everything is Bigger in Texas Except the Community Property Estate - Must Texas Remain a Divorce Haven for the Rich?

U of Houston Law Center No. 2010-A-7
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Feb 2010
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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community property, divorce, Texas, California

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'Romance Without Finance Ain't Got No Chance': Development of the Doctrine of Dissipation in Equitable Distribution States

Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Vol. 21, p. 201, 2008, U of Houston Law Center No. 2008-A-26
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Dissipation, Equitable distribution, Divorce, Marital property

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With All My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow, or Maybe Not: A Reevaluation of the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act after Three Decades

U of Houston Law Center No. 2011-A-1
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 02 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2011
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Divorce, Prenuptial Agreement, Premarital Agreement, Unconscionability, Marital Agreement

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Developments in the U.S.: The Struggle Over the Creation of a Status for Same-Sex Partners

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Developments in the U.S.: The Struggle Over the Creation of a Status for Same-Sex Partners

International Society of Family Law (ISFL): North American Regional Conference, 2006, University of Houston Law Center No. 2005-A-12
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 04 Nov 2005
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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homosexuals, civil rights, gay marriage, Civil union, domestic partnership, conflicts of law, full faith and credit, marriage recognition

Developments in the U.S. - the Struggle Over the Creation of a Status for Same-Sex Partners

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Oct 2005
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Book Review: 'Almighty God Created the Races' by Fay Botham

Journal of Law and Religion, Forthcoming, University of Houston Law Center No. 2010-A-17
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 29 Jun 2010 Last Revised: 31 Jul 2010
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Marriage Restrictions, Interracial Marriage, Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Civil Rights, Race Discrimination

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You Can’t Take it with You, and Maybe You Can’t Even Give it Away: The Case of Elizabeth Baldwin Rice

University of Memphis Law Review, Vol. 41, p. 95, 2010, University of Houston Law Center, Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2010-A-9
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2011
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Probate Estate, Augmented Estate, Decedent’s Estate, Spouse’s Forced Share, Marital Property Rights

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Review of Marriage at the Crossroads

Family Law Quarterly, 2013, U of Houston Law Center No. 2013-A-5
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 May 2013 Last Revised: 15 May 2013
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Gay marriage, fragile families, unmarried parents, marriage, divorce, cohabitation

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Why a New Uniform Equitable Distribution Jurisdiction Act is Needed to Reduce Forum Shopping in Divorce Litigation

49 Family Law Quarterly 359 (2015), U of Houston Law Center No. 2015-A-20
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Sep 2015
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Mobile spouses, Divorce, Marital property, Equitable distribution, Choice of law, Jurisdiction

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Cruce de fronteras en aula: un experimento de derecho comparado en derecho de familia (Crossing Borders in the Classroom: A Comparative Law Experiment in Family Law)

Boletín Mexicano de Derecho Comparado, Vol. 130, pp. 43-71, Enero-Abril 2011,
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2013
Barbara Ann Atwood, Graciela Jasa Silveira, Nicole LaViolette and J. Thomas Oldham
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Sonora, University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law and University of Houston Law Center
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A Discussion of the Proposed Financial Provision Bill from the Perspective of the American Experience

Family Law 82 (January 2018), U of Houston Law Center No. 2018-A3
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Mar 2018
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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divorce, alimony, property division, equitable distribution

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A Survey of Lawyers’ Observations About the Principles Governing the Award of Spousal Support Throughout the United States

51 Family Law Quarterly 1 (2017), U of Houston Law Center No. 2018-A-1
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Jan 2018
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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Divorce, alimony, spousal support, maintenance

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Evaluating Judicial Discretion - Family Property Law in Australia and the USA Compared

30 Australian J. Fam. L. 134 (2016), U of Houston Law Center No. 2017-A-3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Mar 2017
J. Thomas Oldham and Patrick Parkinson
University of Houston Law Center and The University of Sydney Law School
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Divorce, Equitable Distribution, Spousal Support, Alimony

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Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United States: Recent Developments

Family Law in Britain and America in the New Century: Essays in Honor of Sanford Katz (John Eekelaar editor), Forthcoming, U of Houston Law Center No. 2016-A-5
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Apr 2016
J. Thomas Oldham
University of Houston Law Center
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divorce, spousal support, alimony, equitable distribution

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Crossing Borders in the Classroom: A Comparative Law Experiment in Family Law

Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 55, pp. 542-559, 2006
Posted: 08 Apr 2011
Nicole LaViolette, J. Thomas Oldham, Barbara Ann Atwood and Graciela Jasa Silveira
University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law, University of Houston Law Center, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law and University of Sonora

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