The December 2011 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available here.

December's topics include:

1. BANZHAF V. GARVEY, Docket No: 11-343-EI, District of Columbia Office of Human Rights, November 29, 2011 (application of discrimination laws to single-sex dorms).
2. MUSSA V. PALMER-MUSSA, No. COA11-209, North Carolina Court of Appeals, December 6, 2011 (validity of marriage in light of previous ceremonial marriage).
3. LOWE V. STARK COUNTY SHERIFF, No. 09-3942, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, December 8, 2011 (validity of incest laws).
4. HENRY V. RED HILL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF TUSTIN, G044556, California Court of Appeals, Fourth District, December 9, 2011 (religious school firing employee for cohabitation).
5. S.Y. V. S.B., C065700, California Court of Appeals, Third Appellate District, December 9, 2011 (presumed parenthood status).
6. IN RE ADOPTION OFJ.P., 2011 Ark. 535, Supreme Court of Arkansas, December 15, 2011 (stepparent adoption).
7. KEETON V. ANDERSON-WILEY, No. 10-13925, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, December 16, 2011 (counseling student removed from program for moral objections).
8. A.G.R. V. D.R.H., Docket #FD-09-001838-07, Superior Court of New Jersey Hudson Vicinage, December 13, 2011 (custody dispute from surrogacy arrangement).
9. IN THE MATTER OF Q, [2011] EWCA Civ 1610, England & Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), December 21, 2011 (adoption of child born as result of affair).
10. LOWY V. LOWY, A-0472-10T4, New Jersey Appellate Division, December 21, 2011 (constitutionality of mandated get).
11. T.M.H. V. D.M.T., Case No. 5D09-3559, Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District, December 23, 2011 (parentage claim for two mothers).
12. IN THE INTEREST OF S.N.V., No. 10CA1302, Colorado Court of Appeals, December 22, 2011 (presumption of maternity in adultery).
13. Recent Law Review Articles (topics: Jewish marriage law, marriage in public schools, presumption of parentage, Islamic marriage law, Proposition 8).
14. News Stories (topics: alienation of affections)
15. Legislation (topics: weddings by military chaplains)

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British Columbia: The Case Against Polygamy

The recent polygamy trial in British Columbia brought together a group of distinguished scholars to document harms of polygamy, including Joseph Henrich, a psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, Rose McDermott, a political science professor at Brown University, Shoshana Grossard, an economics professor at San Diego State University, Rebecca Cook, a law professor at the University of Toronto, Dena Hassouneh, a nursing professor at Oregon Health & Sciences University, and Susan Stickevers, a medical doctor at the Stony Brook University Medical Center. The judge's ruling thus offers quick access to the empirical Case Against Polygamy, which this brief summarizes.

The November 2011 Marriage Law Digest, edited by Bill Duncan of the Marriage Law Foundation, is now available here.

November's topics include:

1. S.H. V. AUSTRIA, Application No./ 57813/00, European Court of Human Rights, November 3, 2011 (validity of Austria's ban on sperm and egg donations for IVF).
2. JONES V. KERNOTT, [2011] UKSC 53, United Kingdom Supreme Court, November 9, 2011 (property division in cohabitation).
3. MOON V. MICHIGAN REPRODUCTIVE & IVF CENTER, No. 299623, Michigan Court of Appeals, September 29, 2011 (discrimination against single persons).
4. PERRY V. BROWN, S189476, California Supreme Court, November 17, 2011 (standing to defend California marriage amendment).
5. REFERENCE RE: SECTION 293 OF THE CRIMINAL CODE OF CANADA, 2011 BCSC 1588, British Columbia Supreme Court, November 23, 2011 (validity of law criminalizing polygamy).
6. Recent Law Review Articles (topics: marriage and religious liberty).