<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366141210037218070</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:38:18.400-07:00</updated><category term='Gambling'/><category term='Morality'/><category term='Cuba'/><category term='Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)'/><category term='Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act'/><category term='Congress'/><category term='State Sovereignity'/><category term='Antigua'/><category term='GATS treaties'/><category term='Baby Boom'/><category term='standing'/><category term='visitation'/><category term='China'/><category term='World Trade Organization'/><category term='Janet Reno'/><category term='Caribbean'/><category term='Shondel'/><category term='Equitable Paternity'/><category term='same sex couples'/><category term='New York Court of Appeals'/><category term='custody'/><category term='BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD DOCTRINE'/><category term='Internet Gambling'/><title type='text'>The Journal of Marion TD Lewis, A New York Attorney</title><subtitle type='html'>A compilation of legal articles, commentary and analysis on issues affecting children

All material is copyright protected and owned by Marion TD Lewis. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Blogger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366141210037218070.post-7390515029435828979</id><published>2008-05-23T19:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-23T19:39:16.116-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD DOCTRINE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cuba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Baby Boom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Janet Reno'/><title type='text'>What exactly does best interest of the child mean?</title><summary type='text'>What exactly does “best interest of the child” really mean?By Marion T.D. Lewis, Esq.Like lyrics to a popular rap song, “best interest of the child” is a rhythmic, tuneless, iambic verse dedicated to the nation’s children who many feel we have either failed, or, (more horrifyingly), left behind. Often permeating with an odor of guilt, the words can at once be intuitive, inevitable, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/feeds/7390515029435828979/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5366141210037218070&amp;postID=7390515029435828979' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/7390515029435828979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/7390515029435828979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/2008/05/what-exactly-does-best-interest-of.html' title='What exactly does best interest of the child mean?'/><author><name>Blogger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366141210037218070.post-5168900756552006427</id><published>2008-05-06T23:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-07T14:57:49.872-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World Trade Organization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gambling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antigua'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Internet Gambling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='State Sovereignity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Caribbean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='China'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Morality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GATS treaties'/><title type='text'>Does the best interest of the child doctrine trump GATS agreements?</title><summary type='text'>Copyright New York Law Journal and Marion TD Lewis. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act: a collision with the World Trade Organization, the Constitution, and the offshore Internet gambling practices of a tiny Caribbean nation (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL.)PreambleIn recent years, the “interest of children” or the “best interest of the child” </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/feeds/5168900756552006427/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5366141210037218070&amp;postID=5168900756552006427' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/5168900756552006427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/5168900756552006427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/2008/05/does-best-interest-of-child-doctrine.html' title='Does the best interest of the child doctrine trump GATS agreements?'/><author><name>Blogger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5366141210037218070.post-7537295204593309531</id><published>2008-05-06T20:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-07T14:55:39.577-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Antigua'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visitation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='same sex couples'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York Court of Appeals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='custody'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='standing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shondel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Equitable Paternity'/><title type='text'>Who or what is a "parent"?</title><summary type='text'>Copyright of the New York Law Journal and Marion TD Lewis. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Equitable Paternity: How the New York Court of Appeals’ decision in “Shondel” could grant same sex couples standing in support, custody and visitation (Originally published in the New York Law Journal)Recently the New York Court of Appeals ruled that a man who had no biological link to a child but who was deceived by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/feeds/7537295204593309531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5366141210037218070&amp;postID=7537295204593309531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/7537295204593309531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5366141210037218070/posts/default/7537295204593309531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thejournalofmariontdlewis.blogspot.com/2008/05/who-or-what-is-parent.html' title='Who or what is a &quot;parent&quot;?'/><author><name>Blogger</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
