PUBLICATIONS:
"California Regulates Pseudo-Foreign Corporations," 17
SANTA CLARA LAW REVIEW 85 (1977).
Review of Taming the Giant Corporation, by Ralph Nader,
51 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAW REVIEW 335 (1978).
"The Effect of Unmarried Cohabitation by a Former
Spouse upon His or Her Right to Continue to Receive
Alimony," 17 JOURNAL OF FAMILY LAW 249 (1979).
"Limitations Upon a State's Ability to Regulate
Corporations with Multi-State Contacts," 57 DENVER LAW
JOURNAL 345 (1980).
"Property Division in a Texas Divorce of a Migrant
Spouse: Heads He Wins, Tails She Loses?," 19 HOUSTON
LAW REVIEW 1 (1981).
"Cohabitation by an Alimony Recipient Revisited," 20
JOURNAL OF FAMILY LAW 615 (1982).
Review of The Marriage Contract, by Lenore Weitzman, 54
COLORADO LAW REVIEW 569 (1983).
"Is the Concept of Marital Property Outdated?," 22
JOURNAL OF FAMILY LAW 263 (1984).
"A Reconnaissance of Public Policy Restrictions upon
Enforcement of Contracts between Cohabitants," 18
FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY 93 (1984) (Co-authored with
David Caudill).
"Premarital Contracts Are Now Enforceable, Unless...," 21
HOUSTON LAW REVIEW 757 (1984).
"Property Division in O'Brien: Good Intentions Gone
Astray," 9 FAMILY ADVOCATE 10 (Fall 1986).
"Conflict of Laws and Marital Property Rights," 39
BAYLOR LAW REVIEW 1255 (1987).
"California's New Statute Regarding Premarital Contracts,"
21 BEVERLY HILLS BAR JOURNAL 174 (1987).
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"Should the Surviving Spouse's Forced Share Be
Retained?," 38 CASE-WESTERN RESERVE LAW REVIEW 225
(1988).
"Tracing, Commingling and Transmutation," 23 FAMILY
LAW QUARTERLY 219 (1989).
"Separate Property Businesses That Increase in Value
During Marriage," 1990 WISC. L. REV. 585.
Review of Divorce Reform at the Crossroads, Kay and
Sugarman editors, 80 CALIF. L. REV. 1091 (1992).
"Management and Control of the Community Estate During
an Intact Marriage," 56 LAW & CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
99 (1993).
"The Appropriate Child Support Award When the
Noncustodial Parent Earns Less Than the Custodial
Parent," 31 HOUSTON L. REV. 585 (1994).
"Abating the Feminization of Poverty: Changing the Rules
Governing Post-decree Modification of Child Support
Obligations," 1994 B.Y.U.L. REV. 841.
"Piercing the Corporate Veil in Texas," November 1995,
TEXAS BAR JOURNAL, at 1012.
“Lessons from the New English and Australian Child
Support Systems,” 29 VANDERBILT J. TRANSNATIONAL
LAW 691 (1996).
“ALI Principles of Family Dissolution: Some Comments,”
1997 ILL. L. REV. 801 (1997).
“Home Equity Lending Comes To Texas,” July 1998,
TEXAS BAR JOURNAL, at 638.
"The American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of
Family Dissolution: Its Impact on Family Law," TX. J.
WOMEN AND LAW 161 (1998).
"What Does the U.S. System Regarding Inheritance Rights
of Children Reveal about American Families?," 33 FAM. L.
Q. 265 (1999).
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"Limitations Imposed by Family Law on a Separated
Parent's Ability to Make Significant Life Decisions: A
Comparison of Relocation and Income Imputation," 8
DUKE J. OF GENDER, LAW AND POLICY 333 (2001).
"Lessons from Jerry Hall v. Mick Jagger Regarding U.S.
Regulation of Heterosexual Cohabitants or, Can't Get No
Satisfaction," 76 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 1409 (2001).
Letter to FAMILY LAW (English family law periodical),
September 2004, at 692.
“How an Eccentric Eyeglass Manufacturer Revolutionized
Assisted Reproduction in the U.S.: A Review of The
Genius Factor by David Plotz,” 39 FAMILY LAW
QUARTERLY 781 (2005).
(with Nick Bala, Alison Perry), “Regulating Cross-Border
Child Support Within Federated Systems: The United
States, Canada, and the European Union,” 15 IOWA
JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW AND CONTEMPORARY
PROBLEMS 87 (2005).
Letter to the Editor, ATLANTIC MAGAZINE, Oct. 2006, at
14.
(with Barbara Atwood, Graciela Jasa Silveira, Nicole La
Violette) “Crossing Borders in the Classroom: A
Comparative Law Experiment in Family Law,” 55
JOURNAL OF LEGAL EDUCATION 542 (2006).
“Marital Property Rights of Mobile Spouses When They
Divorce in the United States,” 42 FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY
263 (2008).
“Changes in the Economic Consequences of Divorce,
1958-2008,” 42 FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY 419 (2008).
“Development of the Doctrine of Dissipation in Equitable
Distribution States,” 21 JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN
ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS 501 (2008).
“Divorce, Homestead and Bankruptcy after the 2005
Amendments,” 13 J. CONSUMER & COMM. LAW 2 (2009).
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“Texas Abolishes Economic Contribution – Now What?,”
State Bar of Texas, Family Law Section Report, Volume
2009-5 (Fall), at 16.
“You Can’t Take It with You, and Maybe You Can’t Even
Give It Away: The Case of Elizabeth Baldwin Rice,” 41
MEMPHIS LAW REVIEW 95 (2010).
“Everything Is Bigger in Texas Except the Community
Estate – Must Texas Remain a Divorce Haven for the
Rich?,” 44 FAMILY LAW QUARTERLY 293 (2010).
Book Review of Almighty God Created the Races:
Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law, by
Fay Botham, 26 JOURNAL OF LAW AND RELIGION 685
(2010-2011).
I have been invited to be a participant in 2011 Annual
Louisiana Law Review Symposium. My contribution,
entitled “Should Separate Property Gradually Become
Community Property as a Marriage Continues,” was
published in 72 LA. LAW REVIEW 127 (2011).
“With all My Worldly Goods I Thee Endow, or Maybe
Not: A Reevaluation of the Uniform Premarital Agreement
Act after Three Decades,” 19 DUKE J. GENDER LAW &
POLICY 83 (2011).
“Can a Texas Homestead That Is Initially Rural Become
Urban?,” 4 TEX. TECH ESTATE PLANNING & COMMUNITY
PROPERTY J. 293 (2012).
“Would the Enactment of the Uniform Premarital and
Marital Agreement Act in All Fifty States Change U.S.
Law Regarding Premarital Agreements?,” FAMILY LAW
QUARTERLY (forthcoming January 2013).
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS:
DIVORCE, SEPARATION AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF
PROPERTY (Law Journal-Seminars Press 1987) (updated
semi-annually).
TEXAS HOMESTEAD LAW (3d ed 2007).
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TEXAS MARITAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (5th Ed. 2011).
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FAMILY LAW, CASES, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS (6 ed.
2007) (with Krause, Elrod & Garrison).
TEXAS FAMILY CODE ANNOTATED (2006-2007 and 20072008 editions) (with Kelly Weisberg).
NEW CHALLENGES IN CHILD SUPPORT (with Margo Melli)
(University of Michigan Press 2000).
YOUR TEXAS BUSINESS (2d. ed. 1992)(updated and
reprinted, December 1995) (with Richard Alderman).
Chapter 1, entitled “Corporations as Legal Entities,” of
TEXAS CORPORATIONS—LAW AND PRACTICE, published by
Matthew Bender.
"The Economic Consequences of Divorce in the United
States,” Chapter 8 in FRONTIERS OF FAMILY LAW (David
Pearl and Ross Pickford, eds., 1995).
“The Struggle Over the Creation of a Status for Same-Sex
Partners,” in THE INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY LAW
481 (Andrew Bainham ed. 2006).
“Premarital Agreements in the United States,” in THE
INTERNATIONAL SURVEY OF FAMILY LAW 2012 EDITION
405 (Bill Atkin Ed.).
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