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Are You My Mother? The Federal Courts and the American Family
April 2026
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The Domestic Relations Exception to federal jurisdiction holds that federal courts have no authority over divorce, alimony, child custody, and family structure. This essay argues that the exception has never been a principled jurisdictional rule. Instead, it reflects a pattern of selective federal engagement: courts intervene when constitutional stakes are visible enough, and disclaim jurisdiction when they are not.
Tracing the doctrine from Barber v. Barber and In re Burrus through Reynolds, Loving, Santosky, Troxel, Obergefell, ICWA, ERISA, and Section 1983 litigation, the article argues that federal courts have long shaped the constitutional dimensions of American family life while denying a federal forum to litigants asserting constitutional violations arising from family-court proceedings.
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This featured essay examines the Domestic Relations Exception and the selective role federal courts have played in family-law-adjacent constitutional disputes, with broader relevance to federal jurisdiction, civil rights enforcement, and the structure of judicial power.
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