2011 Supplements to Vol. 1 and
Vol. 2 of Kansas Law and Practice: Kansas Family Law
2010-11 Supplements for 17
chapters of national treatise, Child
Custody Practice and Procedure (West Group 2010).
2008 Supplements for 17 chapters
of Child Custody
Practice and Procedure. Rev. ed. (West Group, 2007).
2009 Supplements for 16 chapters
in Kansas Family
Law (Thomson West 1999).
2008 Supplements for 16 chapters
in Kansas Family
Law (Thomson West 1999).
Chapters
"Visitation" (2000 word
definition), Chicago
Companion to the Child Encyclopedia, (R. A. Shweder, ed.),
(forthcoming University of Chicago Press).
"The Uniform Child Abduction
Prevention Act: A New Tool to Prevent Child Abduction," 2009 Family Law Update
187 (Ron Brown & Laura Morgan, eds. 2009).
Journal
articles
"A Child's Perspective of
Defining a Parent: The Case for Intended Parenthood." 25 BYU J. Pub.
L. 245 (2011).
"National and International
Momentum Builds for More Child Focus in Relocation Disputes." 44
Family Law Quarterly 341 (2010).
"A Review of the Year in
Family Law: Looking for Interjurisdictional Recognition." 43 Family
Law Quarterly 923 (2010) (with Robert G. Spector).
"The Federalization of
Family Law," 36:3 Human Rights 6 (2009).
"A Review of the Year in
Family Law 2007-2008: Federalization and Naturalization Continue," 42
Family Law Quarterly 713 (2009) (with Robert G. Spector).
"Paradigm Shifts and
Pendulum Swings in Child Custody: The Interests of Children in the
Balance," 42 Family Law Quarterly 381 (2008) (with Milfred D. Dale).
"A Review of the Year in
Family Law 2006-2007: Judges Try to Find Answers to Complex
Questions," 41 Family Law Quarterly 661 (2008) (with Robert G.
Spector).
Presentations
"Current Trends in Family
Law," Recent Developments of the Law, Washburn, June 2011
"Parenting Plans and
Parenting Children," Shawnee County Court Services Horizons class,
Topeka, May 2011
"Child Support Guidelines: Past,
Present and Future," Sedgwick County Court Trustees, Maize, April
2011
"Evolution of Irish Family
Law," Washburn, April 2011
"Hearing the Voice of the
Child in Hague Abduction Cases," Family Law Symposium: Divorcing the
Multinational Family, University of Oklahoma, Norman, February 2011
"Moving Toward the Child's
Best Interests in Relocation Cases," Dublin (Ireland) Institute of
Technology, February 2011
"Learning How to Parent Post
Separation to Protect Your Children," Horizons Class for High Conflict
Parents, Shawnee County Court Services, January 2011
"A Child's Perspective of a
Parent: The Case for Intended Parenthood," Symposium on Belonging,
the Family and Family Law, J. Reuben Clark School of Law, Brigham Young
University, Provo, Utah, January 2011
"Hot Topics in Family Law:
Abduction, Alienation and Relocation," Appellate Judges Education
Institute, American Bar Association, Dallas, Texas, November 2010
"History of Child Custody
Laws in Kansas: Presumptions and Parenting," Horizons Class for High
Conflict Parents, Session 12, Topeka, September 2010
"What Parents Need to Know
about the Best Interest of the Child Standard and Their Child,"
Shawnee County District Court Horizons: Solution for Change, High Conflict
Parents Program, Topeka, September 2010.
"Ethics and the Family
Lawyer," case management training program, Washburn Law School
Children and Family Law Society, August 2010 (with Bud Dale)
"The Best Interests of
Parents and Children in International Relocation Cases,"
International Child Abduction, Relocation and Forced Marriage Conference,
Center for Family Law and Practice, London (England) Metropolitan
University, July 2010
"Globalization,
Nationalization and the Kansas Family Lawyer," Recent Developments in
the Law, Washburn University, Topeka, June 2010
Moderator, "Traversing the
Trail of Alienation: Rocky Relationships, Mountains of Emotion, Mile High
Conflict" plenary session, Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts, Denver, Colo., June 2010
"History of Kansas Child
Custody Laws: Finding the Best Interests of Your Child," Topeka, May
2010
"Compassion and the
Litigator" (panel discussion), Phi Alpha Delta, April 2010
"Family Law Update,"
Kansas Bar Association CLE Slam-Dunk Program, Manhattan, Kans. January
2010
"Kansas Custody Law and High
Conflict Parents", Horizons: Solutions for Change, the Shawnee County
Court Services Program for High Conflict Parents, Topeka, January 2010
"Sextexts and Subtexts -
Legal Rights for Children on the Internet, At Home, and in the
Courtroom," Summit for Appellate Judges, Lawyers and Staff Attorneys,
Appellate Judges Education Institute, Orlando, Fla., November 2009
"Emerging Issues in
International Family Law" (Panelist) Advisory Committee on Private
International Law, U.S. Department of State, George Washington University
Law School, Washington D.C., October 2009
"Hearing the Voice of the
Child in Hague Abduction Cases," Plenary Session on The Hague
Convention - A Parent's Salvation or a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?, American
Bar Association Family Law Section, Montreal, Canada, October 2009
"Horizons: You Hold the
Solutions for Change," Shawnee County Horizons Program, Shawnee
County Courthouse, Topeka, September 2009
"Multi-Disciplinary
Collaboration is Key to Keeping Focus on Children in High Conflict
Cases," World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights,"
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, August 2009
"Hot Topics in Family Law:
Nationalization, De Facto Parents, and Trends," National
Association of Appellate Court Attorneys Conference, Annapolis, Md., July
2009
"What Parents Need to Know
About Kansas Custody Law and Their Children" Shawnee County Horizons
Program, Shawnee County Courthouse, Topeka, May 2009
"High Conflict Custody:
Educating Parents to Help Children," Topeka Bar Association,
May 2009
"Current Trends and Hot
Topics in Family Law," Kansas Bar Association CLE Slam-Dunk Program,
Manhattan, Kans., February 2009
"Overview of the Child
Custody System in Kansas," Shawnee County District Court Horizons
Program, Topeka, Kansas, January 2009
"Why Are you There? You
Should Be Here! - Jurisdiction Over Children Across State Lines,"
Appellate Judges Education Institute, Summit for Appellate Judges, Lawyers
and Staff Attorneys, Scottsdale, Ariz., November 2008
"Child Support Goes
International: How America's Experiments Helped Shape the Hague Convention
on the International Enforcement of Child Support and Other Forms of
Family Maintenance," World Congress of the International Society of
Family Law, Vienna, Austria, September 2008
"Historical Views of Child
Custody: Who Determines What is in the Best Interest of the
Child?" Shawnee County District Court Horizons Program, Topeka,
September 2008
"You Be the Judge: High
Conflict Custody" (panelist), Association of Family and Conciliation
Courts Conference "Fitting the Forum to the Family: Emerging
Challenges for Family Courts," Vancouver, British Columbia, May 2008
"The Hague Convention on
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
Maintenance - A New Era in Global Cooperation," Washburn University
Brown Bag International Lecture, May 2008.
"Families, Parents, Children
and Separation/Divorce in the United States Today," American
Psychological Association and the American Bar Association Section of
Family Law Joint Conference Reconceptualizing Child Custody: Past,
Present and Future - Lawyers and Psychologists Working Together, Chicago.,
Ill., May 2008
"History of Child Support
Guidelines" (panelist), Johnson County Bar Association Bench Bar
Continuing Legal Education Program, February 2008
"History of Child Custody
Awards and Making Child-Focused Agreements," Shawnee County Horizons
Program, Shawnee County Courthouse, Topeka, February 2008
"Balancing Interests of
Parents and Children in Relocation Cases," Sam A. Crow Inns of Court
CLE, Topeka, January 2008
"A Century of Legal
Education at Washburn Law School," College Hill Nautilus Club,
Topeka, January 2008
Honors
and awards
Fulbright Senior Specialist,
Dublin (Ireland) Institute of Technology, January and February 2011
Offices
and appointments
Family Law Section, American Bar
Association Ruleof Law Initiative
Advisory Committee on Private
International Law
Editor in chief, Family Law
Quarterly
Uniform Law Commission Joint
Editorial Board on Uniform Family Law
ABA Section of Individual Rights
and Responsibilities
Secretary, State Advisory
Committee on Private International Law, 2009-
Co-chairwoman, Children's Rights
Committee of the Individual Rights and Responsibility Section of the
American Bar Association, 2009-2010
