Course Synopses and Outlines

The Planning Committee asked speakers to submit outlines of their presentations at the Workshop on Defining the Family. The following outlines are available on this website.

Public Attitudes Toward Inheritance in Nontraditional Families, Mary Louise Fellows

Aging and the Nontraditional Family, Thomas P. Gallanis

Extending Revocation on Divorce to Will Substitutes, Susan N. Gary

The Parent-Child Relationship Under Intestacy Statutes, Susan N. Gary

Outsiders and Outliers: What's Left of the Family?, John Dewitt Gregory

Surviving Spouse’s Elective Share: Where We’ve Been; Where We’re Going, Amy Morris Hess

Authenticity and Identity in Contemporary Adoptive Families , Joan Heifetz Hollinger

Concerns About the NCCUSL Revised Uniform Parentage Act (UPA) of 2000, Joan Heifetz Hollinger

Talking Points, Harry D. Krause

Evolving Definitions, Rights and Responsibilities of Parent and Child, (The Uniform Parentage Act of 2000), John J. Sampson

Ensuring Adequate Retirement Saving in the New Millennium, Bruce A. Wolk