Fall 2012
5383 Family Law - OLDHAM- 18005

Professor(s): Thomas Oldham (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Family Law 

Time: 9:00a-10:30a  TThLocation: 144  TU2

Course Outline: This course generally deals with legal issues relating to parents and children. This includes subjects such as parental rights, medical treatment choices for children, standards for what constitutes child abuse, paternity, adoption, child custody, child support, spousal support, divorce, the lawyer’s role in solving family problems, assisted reproduction, alternate dispute resolution, de facto relationships, and marital agreements.

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First Day Assignments: Tuesday, August 28

Text Pages 19-28; 36-43; 45-66

Photocopied materials pages 1-2


Thursday, August 30

Text Pages 66-112
Photocopied materials pages 2.1-2.6
Texas Family Code Chapter 2

Final Exam Schedule: 12/11 9am-noon  209 BLB  213 BLB  

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Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No

Book Requirements:

• (4/20/2012 1:12:03 PM ) Title: Family Law
  Author: Krause, Elrod, Garrison and Oldham
  Edition: Latest Edition Year:  ISBN:  Publisher: West Publisher
   
• (4/20/2012 1:18:50 PM ) Title: Texas Family Code (West's Texas Statutes and Codes)
  Author: N/A
  Edition: Latest Edition Year:  ISBN: 9780314922748 Publisher: West Publisher