| Notice Requirements, Leave, and Enforcement of the Family Medical Leave Act |
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| The employer is required to keep and post a notice of the FMLA requirements in an open and obvious location for its employees to see. The notice should contain information about filing complaints if the employer fails to comply with the requirements of the FMLA. The information should also address issues regarding the employee's rights and the employer's obligations under the FMLA.
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| Child Support and the Military |
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| Enforcement of child support with respect to active military personnel is different than that of enforcement of civilian child support. First and foremost, locating the military individual can be difficult. More... |
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| A Juvenile's Right to Treatment in an Institutional Facility |
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| The notion of the right to treatment encompasses the concept that after the juvenile has been confined to an institutional facility due to his mental state or condition, he is entitled to receive treatment for his state or condition.
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| Exclusive Jurisdiction of Original State Under UIFSA |
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| Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (UIFSA), there is only one controlling support order even when multiple states are involved in enforcing it. Once a support order is established, the issuing state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify that order. The issuing state retains exclusive jurisdiction to modify, upon proper petition, so long as one of the individual parties or the child continue to reside in that state. Modification jurisdiction may be sought in child support cases only when all individual parties and the child have left the issuing state or when the parties have agreed in writing for another state to exercise jurisdiction. More... |
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| Interspousal Tort Immunity |
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| Interspousal tort immunity is the doctrine that bars tort suits between persons married to each other. The doctrine has its roots in the common-law principle that a married couple was one legal entity. More... |
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