Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate. In Mann's class, part of the Connections curriculum, teen brides and grooms do everything from write vows to plan a honeymoon (sans the sex). The Partners course, developed by the American Bar Association, focuses more on the contractual elements of marriage. Students research custody statutes; a divorce lawyer assists with class. A textbook used in more than 1,000 schools is The Art of Loving Well, which features Shakespeare and D.H. Lawrence on marriage...
That former partner, Zoey's biological mom, is Pam Query, 37, whose job for years has been caring for her ailing mother. She and her lawyer have not argued the facts of the case so much as the law--and the law, so far, has been on their side. When Kazmierazak first sought custody rights, the trial court ruled she had no standing in the case. Florida law recognizes parental rights of custody only for biological or adoptive parents and grandparents. Kazmierazak is none of these...
...case, and a similar one pending in Illinois, could set new precedents for the rights of nonbiological or "psychological" parents. Steve Scarborough, a lawyer for the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, which promotes homosexual rights and is representing Kazmierazak, says courts in New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin have "recognized the harm that comes to children when relationships with nonbiological parents are severed...
...expose her breasts and participate in lesbian story lines. Sable alleges that her resistance led to her scripted defeat in the ring earlier this month. Now she has sued the WWF for $110 million, saying the sport has become "obscene, titillating, vulgar and unsafe." A WWF lawyer says Sable's suit is a "smear job" and will be "vigorously defended." Presumably in a court...
OSCAR GOODMAN Mob lawyer wins landslide for mayor of Vegas. Next: Johnnie Cochran, Attorney General...