Family Law

ABA: Family Law
http://www.abanet.org/family/home.html

American Bar Association information on family law, including general public resources, publications, reports, and a link to the ABA Pro Bono Child Custody Project.

ABA: Family Law in the Fifty States
http://www.abanet.org/family/familylaw/tables.html

Seven tables summarizing the family law of the fifty states by areas such as alimony, custody, child support, divorce, property, adoption, etc.

The Adoption Institute: Policy & Regulation
http://www.adoptioninstitute.org/policy/polreg.html

The Adoption Institute is a national organization dedicated to improving the adoption process. This page contains information on state laws on access to identifying information, putative father registries, open records, state registries, and confidentiality statutes.

Building Blocks for Youth
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/

The Building Block for Youth project seeks to reduce “overrepresentation and disparate treatment of youth of color in the justice system.” The site includes state statistics, news, and research.

Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice
http://www.cjcj.org

The CJCJ information on model programs that show alternatives to incarceration, policies for both juvenile justice and criminal justice, press releases and publications.

Children’s Advocacy Institute
http://www.acusd.edu/childrensissues

A project run by the University of San Diego School of Law, the Children’s Advocacy Institute offers information on litigation involving children’s rights. The page includes information on advocacy, California children’s budget, and other groups involved with the CAI.

Child Rights Information Network
http://www.crin.org

The Child Rights Information Network distributes information from the Convention on the Rights of Child to non-governmental organizations, the UN, etc. The website contains news, publications, reports, and listserv.

Divorce Source: State Laws
http://www.divorcesource.com/info/divorcelaws/states.shtml

The Divorce Source is a portal of information on all aspects of divorce. This page contains individual state divorce laws.

FindLaw: Journals for Family Law
http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/family.html

Findlaw list of relevant academic law reviews and journals on family law.

FindLaw: Resources for Family Law
http://findlaw.com/01topics/15family/index.html

Resources, guide pages, web guides, etc. on family law.

Harvard School of Law: Annual Review of Population Law
http://annualreview.law.harvard.edu/annual_review.htm

Database of legislation, constitutions, court decisions, and other documents relating to population. The documents cover all countries and the years 1974 to 2004.

Hieros Gamos: Family & Elder Law
http://www.hg.org/family.html

Extensive guide to family and elder law by country, supranational organizations, publications, other bankruptcy associations, and other online resources.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
http://www.ippf.org

Official webpage of Planned Parenthood, an organization dedicated to sexual and reproductive health. The page includes documents, reports, statements, online videos, links, and other resources.

Juvenile Law Center
http://www.jlc.org/

he Juvenile Law Center is a non-profit legal center that protects the interest of children in the United States. There are sections of information on child welfare, juvenile justice, and health/mental health.

Laws Governing the Emancipation of Minors
http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/Table_Emancipation.html

Laws of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico governing the emancipation of minors.

LLRX: International Family Law
http://www.llrx.com/features/int_fam.htm

A research guide on international family law by Marilyn Johnson Raisch, the Librarian for International and Foreign Law at the Bora Laskin Law Library of the University of Toronto.

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse
http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/laws/index.cfm

Information portal on all areas of adoption, including publications, databases, legal issues, and statistics.

Support Guidelines
http://www.supportguidelines.com/

The comprehensive resource for the interpretation and application of child support guidelines in the United States.