Talk:Family law

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[edit] POV

The current version of the article is written from the point of view of a father who lost a custody battle. It needs to be more neutral and on topic. -- JeffAMcGee July 1, 2005 22:00 (UTC)

[edit] Breach of promise

The above comment no longer seems to be applicable to the article as it now stands. However, my question is whether the formerly very important concept of breach of promise needs to be added to either this article, the "family law" template, or both. Comments? Rlquall 15:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I think breach of promise is a dead letter law these days. David91 16:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal needed

This article ranges all over the place and covers numerous related but different issues arising in any number of jurisdictions. I think it would greatly benefit from creation of a Portal and urge you please to vote in favour on page Wikipedia:Portal/Proposals#Family_Law - - Kittybrewster 22:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deleted Chicago-area and Illinois divorce-related government links

There were some good links to Chicago-area and Illinois divorce-related government links that I deleted. Why? Because this article is over-linked already (see the external links guideline) and global in focus.

I encourage the original contributor to consider starting an article (it could be short) such as "Family Law in Illinois". It would need some information in addition to links -- the "What Wikipedia is not" policy rules out articles that are only directories of links.

There are other links in this article that are genuine spam; I started to clean it up (but ran out of time). --A. B. 15:23, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New link consideration

I would like to propose adding a link to the http://pafamilylaw.net site. Dwj119 17:04, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

sorry to say blogs are Links normally to be avoided according to policy--Hu12 00:46, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I have a law degree, does that make me a recognized authority? "Links to blogs and personal web pages, except those written by a recognized authority." Dwj119 21:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm a little unsure as to why the ParenetTime.Net site is listed as an external link. This site aims to sell a online service (parent calendar) for child custody cases. The site doesn't offer any real useful information about Family Law. I propose removing this link.

The http://pafamilylaw.net site offers free, useful information for all aspects of family law: divorce, child support, and child custody. It is written by a person with a degree in law. I don't think we should discount this valuable resource just because it is in "blog format".

I agree with you on ParenetTime.Net, it has been removed. Editors make the policies here at Wikipedia, feel free to to try and change those policies if you like. Untill that time, those are the policies. If you have content to contribute, why not contribute that. You're here to improve Wikipedia -- not just to funnel readers off Wikipedia and onto some other site, right?--Hu12 16:13, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

You are correct, I am here to improve Wikipedia. Most of the information on http://pafamilylaw.net is targeted towards Pennsylvania. Perhaps I should add a new article to WikiPedia, Pennsylvania Family Law or something along those lines. Dwj119 21:55, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I would like to know if your link was approved to be added to Wikipedia. Also where is your link located at. Farzadmazarei 16:37, 16 May 2007 (UTC)PDF