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The Progressive Lawyer

Curtis J. Romanowski

In Part One of this article, which ran in the March, 2006 issue of The Matrimonial Strategist, we defined the newly evolving role of the parenting coordinator (PC), and discussed various statutory authorities for the PC role; its purpose and scope; how PCs are appointed; what decision-making authority PCs have or do not have; the timing of PC appointments; and the court's jurisdiction to make such appointments. Part Two deals with additional PC topics, including continuing jurisdiction and judicial review of PC decisions or recommendations.

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Spousal Privilege Does Not Apply to Criminal Behavior

Kevin Schlosser

While it is often thought that the marital privilege prohibits a spouse from testifying at all against, or relating to communications with, the other spouse, there are a number of well-accepted limitations on the scope and application of this statutory privilege. Based on long-standing exceptions and limitations, the privilege is often unavailable in many contexts in both criminal and commercial litigation.

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Evaluating the Experts

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The U.S. Supreme Court, in its landmark <i>Daubert</i> decision (<i>Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.</i>, 509 U.S. 579 (1993)), established an empirical standard of evidentiary reliability to ensure that only those expert opinions predicated upon demonstrably valid knowledge would make their way into evidence. Daubert further instructed that when the expert testimony comes from a discipline that purports to be scientific, as does psychology, evidentiary reliability translates to a standard of scientific validity. This article examines the peer-review/publication process and explores its value and its limitations as a measure of evidentiary reliability.

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