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Adult Uses: Adequate Alternative Sites
When municipalities enact zoning ordinances that restrict the location of adult uses, they must take care to assure that adequate alternative sites remain available.
Index
An easy-to-use listing of everything contained in this issue.
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Decisions of Interest
Recent rulikngs of interest to you and your practice.
Unjustifiable Conduct and Home State Jurisdiction Under the UCCJEA
Interesting and difficult jurisdictional questions frequently arise when a parent unilaterally removes a child to an international jurisdiction.
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Bernard Madoff, Marital Agreements and Mutual Mistake
<i>Simkin v. Blank</i>, a jarring Supreme Court decision, poses devastating consequences for divorcing couples who, unaware of Bernard Madoff's criminal enterprise, relied upon the accuracy of fraudulently generated portfolio statements.
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