...Joseph M. Lally, Weymouth, MA Family Lawyer focuses in part on the legal area of family law. The broad category of family law includes a wide variety of issues, some of which can cross into criminal law as well. These specific issues include protective orders and child or domestic abuse cases. Massachusetts Family Law: Family law is most often made up of legal issues such as marriage, divorce and adoption. Within these broader categories, legal issues like child custody, alimony disputes, child support and property disputes associated with divorce often come up. There are some differences Massachusetts has over other states in the nation when it comes to family law. One such difference is the fact that married couples are not required to get...
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... how far they have fought for their rights, etc. Marriage is commonly construed as a legal relationship between a man and a woman or between a husband and a wife to build a new family. According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, a family is “the basic unit in society having as its nucleus two or more adults living together and cooperating in the care and rearing of their own or adopted children.” In spite of this neutral definition of family, it is called neutral because the dictionary never mentions the gender of the adults; many people in our society do not picture lesbian or gay couple when they think about a family. In America, gay or lesbian couples cannot just legally marry as normal couples do in any state, except in Massachusetts; where same-sex marriage is allowed. Same-sex couples have to be ready to receive all the negative consequences because they cannot legally marry; for example, higher estate tax and insurance, difficulties in making end-of-life health care decisions for their partners, etc. But, they still have the right to create their own ‘legal’ relationship, without the limitations that state marriage laws impose. Why does the federal law still forbid the same-sex marriage? Lesbian and gay are also humans, and as humans, they should have the fundamental rights of human that allow a human to choose their husband or wife by themselves. Therefore, granting legal marriage rights under...
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...preserve the family group. Attempts to do this are usually made by social workers, who might be brought in at an early stage, before adjudication becomes necessary. In such cases, the case worker develops a plan and implements it: This plan ultimately becomes the case plan that outlines treatment services for the child and the family. The plan describes what actions are required of all the parties involved to correct the conditions that caused the maltreatment and, in some cases, the placement outside the home, as well as the time frames for accomplishing them. In addition, the plan must address a child's health and education needs, including arrangements for any specialized treatment by health care providers. The causes of child abuse and neglect are complex, and a case plan can involve referrals to an array of individuals, including caseworkers from other units in the child welfare agency, such as adoption or foster care specialists; private service providers, such as mental health and counseling professionals on contract with CPS to provide treatment services; other public agencies that can assist with nonhealth services, such as housing; and organizations providing transportation or other support services ("Child Protective Services--Complex Challenges Require New Strategies"). Once a case of child abuse reaches the courts and leads to...
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...with heterosexual married couples. Annotated Bibliography (1)Alexander, L. J. (2013). Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cole: Another step toward same sex marriage in Arkansas? Arkansas Law Review. Vol. 66 (Issue 2), p527-547.The article focuses on the judgment of Arkansas Supreme Court case in Arkansas Department of Human Services v. Cole; the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the Arkansas Adoption and Foster Care Act of 2008, known as “Act1”, was an unconstitutional violation of the fundamental privacy rights granted by the Arkansas Constitution. The source is relevant to my thesis statement because it provides the legality of the law. The author pointed out that the election of November 2008, 58 % of Arkansas voters cast ballots that prohibit a person who cohabited “with a sexual partner outside of a marriage that is valid under the Arkansas Constitution and the laws of Arkansas” from adopting or fostering children. The source of the article was from the Arkansas Law Review 2013, vol. 66. The author, LaToya Alexander, is a teaching assistant at the University of Arkansas. She received her Juris Doctor at University of Arkansas School of Law. According to the case the Arkansas Supreme Court decisions suggest that the Arkansas judiciary is taking a more liberal approach to human-rights issues regarding equality and privacy. This is a quality source because it analyzes the legal and policy arguments addressed in Cole and discusses whether the Arkansas General...
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...The United States is experiencing a huge increase in the number of seniors, as well as increased levels of care and needed assistance. In 2010, seniors, age 65 and older, comprised approximately 13% of the U.S. population at 40.3 million. It is projected, that by 2050, that number will grow to 20.9%.1 Several factors are contributing to the increase in the elderly population, including that people are living longer and the baby boomer generation, one of the largest, is starting to enter into their 60’s. Although there is no age cut off or recommendation, there are guidelines on when to stop driving. People are now living an average of 7 to 10 years beyond their ability to drive safely.2 Despite having numerous transportation options, from public busses, trains, taxis, there exists a gap in the market for reliable and affordable transportation for the elderly population who can no longer drive, or chooses not to. Currently, the only widespread ride options are transport vans, which are expensive unless there is merited and documented need, such as for the severely dependent. Some senior living complexes offer shuttles to grocery stores, but there is a lack of dependable day to day transportation offerings. Therefore this population usually relies heavily on family members support, with an estimated 35% dependency rate.3 What we propose is a driving service specifically for seniors that provide affordable services, along with an arm to lean on as they go from door to door...
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...ENSEMBLE Case Study: Partners HealthCare System Partners HealthCare uses InterSystems Ensemble to integrate internal and external EMRs Partners HealthCare System Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, is an innovative integrated healthcare network that includes multiple major hospitals with more than 7,000 physicians attending to four million outpatient visits and 160,000 admissions per year. Partners’ institutions, including Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, consistently rank among the best hospitals in the United States, according to U.S. News and World Report. To maintain its leadership status, Partners establishes enterprise-wide, CEO-supported corporate initiatives under the banner of “HighPerformance Medicine.” “Ensemble has given us tremendous flexibility with data transformations, and made us much more agile in delivering on this type of integration.” Steve Flammini, CTO One of these initiatives includes electronic medical record (EMR) adoption by all community physician practices in the Partners system. To achieve this goal, Partners offers these physicians full, Webbased access to its internal EMR. But first, Partners must rapidly create interfaces (programs that handle data translation and transmission between systems) to the community physicians’ practice management and scheduling systems, and integrate that data into its EMR. The initiative also gives participating physicians access to more than three...
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...Brittney Bingham Prof. Bracarello Eng 101-24 1 December 2015 As of June 26, 2015 same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states. Although some people are still against it. Same-sex marriage can help in many ways whether it is helping with benefits, adoption, or lowering divorce rates. To begin with, same-sex couples should have access to the same benefits enjoyed by hetersexual married couples. When couples get married they get many benefits. Some benefits include hospital visitation, protection of an ending relationship, taxation rights, access to family health coverage. According to a poll taken by the New York Times “a same-sex couple denied marriage benefits will incur an additional $41,196 to $467,562 in expenses over their lifetime compared to a married heterosexual couple” (Gay Marriage). Gay marriage is in the Constitution’s commitments to liberty and equality. In 1974, court case Cleveland Board of Education vs. LaFleur the Supreme Court ruled “freedom of personal choice in matters of marriage and family life is one of the liberties protected by the Due Process Clause”. (Gay Marriage) The Due process law is a safeguard of life, liberty, or property by the Government. Banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause. There are a lot of children being born that families cannot take care of for various reasons. To adopt a child the couple must be married and in a stable home. If same-sex...
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...Course Instructor Date Adoption Jean Garton once said that adoption is the only thing that has served women, children and the society well. The decision to adopt a child is a serious and huge one. Families are increasingly becoming pro-adoption with some even crossing borders and continents for the sake of adoption. Adoption is the process whereby a child or children are brought together to form a family by adults, who are not their biological parents. Adoption is not a new practice in society, in fact it has been practiced for a long time, though mostly through informal processes. The adoption process in the US today involved a lot of legal processes mostly for the sake of protecting the welfare of the children. This is important due to the inability of their biological parents to care for them. The active history of adoption dates back to the period between 1945 to 1974.This period was named the baby scoop era because of rapid acceptance of adoption as a way of family building. The World War II brought about a rise in the number of illegitimate births. The option of adoption therefore became a remedy for the unmarried mothers and couples who had fertility problems (Conn 45) These occurrences promoted adoption in the American setting making adoption legal with its main aim being to ensure the best interest of the child. It is also worth noting that the first American adoption law began in Massachusetts. This law also upheld the secrecy of the adoption process especially by...
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...Course Instructor Date Adoption Jean Garton once said that adoption is the only thing that has served women, children and the society well. The decision to adopt a child is a serious and huge one. Families are increasingly becoming pro-adoption with some even crossing borders and continents for the sake of adoption. Adoption is the process whereby a child or children are brought together to form a family by adults, who are not their biological parents. Adoption is not a new practice in society, in fact it has been practiced for a long time, though mostly through informal processes. The adoption process in the US today involved a lot of legal processes mostly for the sake of protecting the welfare of the children. This is important due to the inability of their biological parents to care for them. The active history of adoption dates back to the period between 1945 to 1974.This period was named the baby scoop era because of rapid acceptance of adoption as a way of family building. The World War II brought about a rise in the number of illegitimate births. The option of adoption therefore became a remedy for the unmarried mothers and couples who had fertility problems (Conn 45) These occurrences promoted adoption in the American setting making adoption legal with its main aim being to ensure the best interest of the child. It is also worth noting that the first American adoption law began in Massachusetts. This law also upheld the secrecy of the adoption process especially by...
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...Not Full Faith and Credit In this current century we as a society are witnessing science and technology that adapts at an ever increasing pace, infinitely changing. We as a society give great weight to the belief in equality and equal opportunity. A practicality of thinking has become the norm for much of society due to this increasing belief in a scientific basis for our decisions. However, in a society that seems to pride itself on being superior in intellectual and technological progress, where one of the very watchwords of the day is equality, we still cling to a fairly archaic idea of the definition of marriage. This definition holds the rights and responsibilities, as well as the protections inherent to this idea of marriage being only available as a legal construct for heterosexual couples. We discriminate against our homosexual citizens and their right to have their long term relationships recognized and given the same validity as those long term relationships of heterosexual couples through the societal construct of marriage. Same-sex marriage has become a huge issue for many in the United States, it is a “lightning rod” issue that seems to polarize the two sides of the argument. There does not seem to be much, if any, common ground to stand upon. A person either holds the belief, often backed by their faith, that gay marriage is unacceptable, or they discard that belief and can't conceive of why that viewpoint is in any way valid. For most people there really is...
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...spread that the British were on there way. After a series of defeats like Bunker Hill, Long Island, and New York. The American battled back in Valley Forge, Saratoga, and Yorktown where they cornered Cornwallis and his troops and made his surrender. In 1783 the Treaty of Paris was signed to give America its Freedom from Britain. ! Following the American Revolution the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation in 1777. It had no authority in interstate disputes and only could request taxes and troops from individual states. A few year later came the Northwest Ordinances of !784, 85, and 87 formulating a policy for new states west of the Appalachian Mountains. ! 1780’s Massachusetts farmers were struggling with high debt as they tried to start new farms. Massachusetts unlike any other state didn’t pass new Pro- Debtor Laws that entitled debt to be forgiven and more paper money to be printed....
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...machines or sexually molested, suffer from neglect in the forms of starvation and lack of medical attention, and still go unnoticed by outsiders. In fact, it is estimated that three children die every day in the U.S. alone from one form of child abuse or another. It is a sickening practice that has no set standard of rules to finish off the persisting problem. Different states have different methods and agencies to help prevent abuse in the home, some work quite well while others bomb - a dangerous gamble when it comes to the life or mental state of a child. The precise number of deaths each year is not known because of the extent of most fatality investigations that could be suspected as child abuse but are seen as open and shut death cases. A report from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, however, depicts more than three million reports of alleged child maltreatment practices in the year of 1995 alone. Many more children are living with abuse rather than dying from it, too. So what steps are being taken to protect our nation's children? All states have a Child Protective Services (or CPS) system. This is the governmental system responsible for investigating reports of child abuse or neglect. In state after state, the CPS agency lacks the resources to respond adequately to the overwhelming number of reports it is legislatively mandated to investigate. All fifty states have child abuse reporting laws requiring reports of suspected abuse to be made by...
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...LGBT Adoption New Jersey’s statewide parenting legislation espouses a progressive stance on the matters of same-sex parenting and child care in the processes of adoption and foster parenting. The Garden State allows for same-sex adoption; allows single homosexuals to adopt; and allows second parent same-sex adoption (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey has passed progressive laws and policies that prohibit discrimination charged against LGBT individuals in the adoption process (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey state law also bans discrimination against LGBT individuals in the foster parent process (Lifelong Adoptions, 2013). New Jersey Statutes Annotated 9:3-43 enables for any person to adopt permitted the said person(s) pass a background investigation and meet adoption criteria for eligibility (Onelce, 2012). Unmarried joint adoptive parents petitioning to adopt a child can do so because of N.J.S.A. 9:3-43 (Onelce, 2012). In “Re-adoption of Two Children” by H.N.R., 666 A.2d 535 (Onelce, 2012) addresses second parent adoption; this statute exercises the possibility for an individual to petition for shared rights of custody with a parent who already possesses legal parental custody of a child. Several states prohibit joint adoption due to unmarried status. This statute is favorable for unmarried parents seeking to adopt in New Jersey. This New Jersey statute provides for an overall tolerant atmosphere for LGBT individuals and couples looking to adopt or become foster...
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...Topic Technology In Business: A Competitive Edge for Organizations Prof. Kavitha Srinivasan, Principal, Sambhram College of Hotel Management, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India Email ID:schm@sambhram.org Contact Number: (+91) 9980133850 Mrs. Anuradha Durgesh, Vice Principal, Sambhram College of Hotel Management, Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, India Email.ID: schm@sambhram.org Contact Number: (+91) 9740399352 ABSTRACT Each organization is aware of the special effects, benefits and implication of Technology in business performance and also its capacity in building sustainable competitive advantages. In business, Technology is used through the value chains of activities, which help the organization to optimize and control functions of operations for easy decision making. Also, the use of Technology as a competitive weapon has become a popular instrument to influence a particular organizational performance and the processes that will allow a smooth coordination of technology and corporate as well as business strategies. This Presentation emphasizes the importance of technology and the benefits the organizations reap by integrating some technological aspects, which gives them competitive advantage over their competitors. Key Words: Technology, Corporate strategy, Competitive advantage, differentiation advantage, Competitors INTRODUCTION Today, most organizations in all sectors of industry,...
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...The Morality of Abortion The topic of abortion and it’s morality has been an extremely passionate debate for some time now. While many are against it, there are also many that support it for a variation of reasons. The question of the morality of abortion is a main focal point in these opposing views. Although both sides provide applicable reasoning for their stance, particular circumstances provide a slight edge for those that are pro-abortion. A variation of circumstances, including but not limited to, victims of rape, health concerns for the mother of the unborn child, and at times even financial woes easily make the morality of abortion morally acceptable. In the following, these situational circumstances will be discussed, explored, and supported to provide evidence of the moral standpoint from which each circumstance stands on. Abortion has been a practice for many decades now. “The practice of abortion, the medical removal of a fetus, has been known since at least ancient times. Various methods have been used to perform an abortion, including the administration of abortifacient herbs, the use of sharpened implements, the application of abdominal pressure, and other techniques.” (Devereux, 1967). This practice has been used for many reasons for many years, some morally acceptable, some not. A particular reason that most find morally acceptable is abortion from a survivor of rape. The morality factors normally included in any argument against abortion and it’s...
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