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The adjusted basis is one’s total income from all of a person’s taxable sources less specifically allowed deductions.

FACE gives a woman a cause of action if she is a victim of an assault while seeking reproductive health services.

A contact veto is a refusal by a biological parent to be contacted by an adopted child.

Sterilization that is forced is always illegal.

In all states, minors cannot disaffirm those contracts they entered by lying about their age.

The Family Violence Indicator (FVI) helps prevent the release of information on IV-D clients that could lead to the commission of violence by a noncustodial parent (NCP).

Match each numbered entry with the most relevant lettered entry below. putative filius nullius Lord Mansfield’s Rule long-arm statute testate quasi-suspect class filiation standing res judicata DNA testing intestate alleged child of no one inadmissible evidence nonresident defendant leaving a valid will based on a child’s legitimacy determination of paternity right to bring suit no relitigation allowed deoxyribonucleic acid not leaving a will

A putative father is a man proven to be the biological father of the child.

Tax effecting a separation agreement means determining what taxes, if any, will be owed to the Internal Revenue Service if the agreement goes into effect.

Sam bought a house for $200,000. He spent $50,000 to add a room. He sold the house for $260,000.