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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

By Daniel J. Metzger. Flooding in Houston following Hurricane Harvey. Photo: U.S. Army by 1st Lt. Zachary West. Climate change attribution science provides the evidentiary basis for establishing that anthropogenic climate change is real, that it is already here, and that predicted future changes must be taken seriously. Faced with this growing body of research, courts, policy-makers, and private actors are addressing critical and urgent legal questions, such as whether governments are doing enou

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This week: Counties share proposed budgets and plans for reduced hours, San Diego announces plans for resuming Civil trials, and Santa Clara updates its mid-pandemic contact information. The post November 6, 2020: Weekly court update appeared first on One Legal.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The case of the day is Gyger v. Clement (N.C. 2020). The mother and the father were unmarried and had had a romantic relationship in North Carolina. They had two children, both born in Switzerland. In 2007, the mother brought an action in a Swiss court to establish paternity, and for child support. The Swiss court entered a default judgment against the father, and the Swiss central authority.

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