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To prevent unseemly wrangles and "forum shopping" in child-custody cases, federal law--to be exact, the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980--enjoins states to honor child-custody rulings already made by other states.(The Week)(Brief article)

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To prevent unseemly wrangles and "forum shopping" in child-custody cases, federal law--to be exact, the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980--enjoins states to honor child-custody rulings already made by other states. Well and good: but the federal Defense of Marriage Act (1996) permits states to decline to recognize same-sex unions blessed by other states. It was only a matter of time before these two federal laws collided. Here is Lisa Miller of Virginia, who was briefly joined by the authorities of Vermont in a civil union with one Janet Jenkins. The union was soon blessed with a child Isabella, born to Ms. Miller. Little ...

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