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Records of the Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations
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The "Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations" was the American Law Institute's first comprehensive work in the field of family law. The project as a whole comprises six principal parts: Child Custody; Child Support; Division of Property at Dissolution; Compensatory Payments (formerly known as alimony); Domestic Partners; and Agreements. Mark Ellman served as Chief Reporter.
The Records of the Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution include correspondence, meeting materials, drafts, grant material, project proposal material, and other records related to the Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution project, published in 2002. The collection spans the years 1985 to 2000 and is organized chronologically into two series: Drafts and Administrative files.
Series I: Drafts, 1990-2000, contains Preliminary Drafts (PD), Council Drafts (CD), and Tentative Drafts (TD) created for discussion at American Law Institute meetings.
Series II: Administrative files , 1985-1997, contains correspondence, grant application materials, and meeting materials which includes documents organizing the first meeting concerning the project, the Wingspread Conference, where the American Law Institute gathered Family Law field professionals to draft the initial report for the project.
- Drafts
- Administrative Files
Received from American Law Institute Headquarters in 2001.
Processed by Jordon Steele, September 2009. Reprocessed by Abigail Boyer, 2024
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- University of Pennsylvania: Biddle Law Library
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- Jordon Steele; Abigail Boyer (2024)
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009; revised 2024
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