The Supreme Court has consistently stated that federal appellate courts may issue the writ of mandamus as an interlocutory remedy only under "extraordinary" circumstances," to correct a lower court order that is "not mere error but usurpation of power."2 The Court has explained that mandamus cannot serve as a substitute for normal appeal and should be available "only where appeal is a clearly i...

Although a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed that therapists cannot be compelled to testify in federal proceedings about patients' disclosures, a footnote could be interpreted as creating a "dangerous patient exception" when there is a serious threat of harm. This column describes circuit courts' differing views about whether such an exception exists and the value of an exception. Altho...

To create the Pilot, DSHS contracted with the Thurston-Mason Regional Support Network (RSN), which contracted with Behavioral Health Resources (BHR) as the lead agency for implementation. A core team was established, consisting of the RSN, BHR, DSHS Children and Family Services, Mason County Juvenile Court, Community Youth Services, and the University of Washington. The team assessed the needs ...

Poverty. The views expressed here are those of the authors alone. The authors thank the county child support staff, family court commissioners, law enforcement staff, and district attorneys who gave generously of their time and insights during the interview process. The authors also thank Andrea Den Otter and Julie Wang for their contributions to this report as well as Daniel R. Meyer and Maria...

Technical Challenges of Spinal Cord Stimulation Lead Placement in Morbidly Obese Patients Sanjay Sastry, David Nussear, Albert Gillespy and Kristina Berger Pain Management, Coastal Neurology & Pain Centers, 801 Beville Road, South Daytona, Florida 32119, United States Anesthesiology Lake Mary Surgery Center 460 St. Charles Court, Lake Mary, Florida 32748, United States Orthopedic Clinic of Dayt...

The case of a 13-year-old girl given permission by the Family Court of Australia to begin a sex-change process involves complex issues. Nevertheless, the ethical justification for the decision is not complicated. In this case, it can be argued that the net benefit eclipses concerns about competence, autonomy and the appropriateness of the intervention. The debate this case generated in the medi...

In the international debates on custody law reform and in individual custody decisions in families and in courts worldwide, social science research is often misused and abused. In this article I describe the process by which data can become distorted in ways that steer policymakers, family court personnel, and parents off course in regard to child custody decisions. I illustrate this process wi...

Today, an overwhelming number of states and local jurisdictions presume domestic violence victims unsuitable for divorce mediation. The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges ("NCJFCJ") Model Code on Domestic and Family Violence ("Model Code") and similar state codes have codified this presumption. This Article argues that these statutes grew out of 1980s and early 1990s critiques...

the institutions of civil procedure have a special functions and it is necessary that this functions always be observe. two institutions are organize for control of court dictums. appeal court is for control of judgment from fact and law aspect wholly and supreme court is only for law aspect. however in practice we can see that supreme court at same cases control the judgment from fact aspect.i...

BACKGROUND The presence of the Unified Family Court, with procedures emphasizing judicial case management and settlement in custody disputes, provided an opportunity to combine these practices with those of a university hospital-based family court clinic experienced in the provision of custody assessments. Specifically, a process integrating the clinical custody assessment with the work of coun...