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This article provides summaries and context for 35 changes to family law that were enacted in 2022 by legislatures in 23 states. The topics include Child Custody, “Nonparent” Custody and Visitation, Child Representation and Child Welfare, Divorce and Alimony/Maintenance, Property Division, Child Support, Parentage, and Domestic Violence. These topics are based on annual Charts published in the Year in Review issue of the Family Law Quarterly. The Charts are updated each year to track changes in these specific areas of law and survey statutes within the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The laws in this article were identified and selected in the course of updating the Charts. The laws included here do not represent all new family law legislation from 2022, but do reflect developing trends in the area of family law. The topics of the laws featured in this article include (among others) a presumption of 50-50 physical custody; qualifications for forensic evaluators; grandparent visitation; enhancement of children’s voices in child protective proceedings; spousal maintenance guidelines; pets and property division; shared parenting and child support; unmarried fathers’ rights; and strengthened domestic violence protections, including special consideration of pets and addressing stalking and “coercive control.” This is our second year featuring this article in the Family Law Quarterly’s annual Year in Review issue. We look forward to covering new legislation in these rapidly changing areas of family law in future years.

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2023

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Family Law Quarterly, Volume 56, Number 4, 2023. © 2023 American Bar Association

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Published in Family Law Quarterly, Volume 56, Number 4, 2023.

New Family Law Statutes in 2022: Selected State Legislation

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