Review of the Year 2016 in Family Law:
Case Digests
I. Adoption ........................................................................................... 607
II. Agreements .......................................................................................610
III. Alimony/Spousal Support ................................................................. 610
IV. Attorneys ........................................................................................... 612
V. Child in Need of Care .......................................................................614
VI. Child Custody and Visitation ............................................................ 618
VII. Child Support .................................................................................... 622
VIII. Cohabitation ...................................................................................... 625
IX. Dissolving the Marital Relationship .................................................626
X. De Facto Parent ................................................................................. 628
XI. Enforcement ......................................................................................628
XII. Marriage ............................................................................................ 629
XIII. Modication ...................................................................................... 629
XIV. Paternity ............................................................................................630
XV. Property Division ..............................................................................631
XVI. Third-Party Visitation ....................................................................... 632
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606 Family Law Quarterly, Volume 50, Number 4, Winter 2017
The Case Digests this year include cases from the beginning to the
end of 2016 and were compiled primarily by the students on the Family
Law Quarterly staff at West Virginia University College of Law and Bart
Resnicoff of the Law Ofce of Barton R. Resnicoff in Lake Success, New
York. The cases are arranged alphabetically in topical format, and, while
they include as many important cases as possible, they do not represent all
of the case law on family law matters in every state. Thank you to those
who contributed to this process!
— Kendra Huard Fershee
Editor in Chief
