New Releases by Susan Price

Discusses Kerrigan v. Dept. of Public Health, 289 Conn. 135 (2008), the recent state Supreme Court case holding it to be unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.

This wide-ranging collection of twenty-four spine-tingling stories draws on the best traditions of classic horror, from powerful myths and folktales to contemporary stories of man-made terrors. With contributions by writers of the caliber of Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, and Edgar Allan Poe, this is a truly chilling anthology.

Analyzes recent Superior Court decision regarding finders'' fees and summarizes current law.

Discusses the small, gender-specific therapeutic group homes, housing four to six children and youth with complex behavioral health and other needs who need clinical and other support services to transition to family settings or independent living, which the Dept. of Children and Families (DCF) contracts out.

Discusses what authority states have with respect to immigration matters. Also discusses the group "State Legislators for Legal Immigration."

Discusses several questions about divorce and child support laws.

This first adventure follows the story of a bonder, Kylie, and a pampered teen, Affroditey - both thrown together as their prescribed roles in society change. Kylie becomes the mouthpiece of the god, Odin, and gains political advantage and freedom as a result. Affroditey finds herself reduced to penury after her father''s suicide, and sold off as a bonder by her uncaring stepmother. Brought together by Kylie''s young son, who has been ''adopted'' by Affroditey''s employers, the two girls decide to escape as pioneers to Mars, where they will help to set up a new society.

Olly can capture ghosts once they''ve appeared, but only Alex can find them in the first place. Olly''s got to snaggle some ghosts to pay off her debt--and haul them to a house that needs haunting. Can she persuade Alex to help her?

Soggy spectres, groaning ghosts, and a smudge who just stays there ... Olly needs Alex''s help.

The Time Tube has opened again between the sixteenth and twenty-first centuries, and a wedding is arranged between the Sterkarms and the Grannams, catching Andrea up in the disastrous consequences.

Discusses why Connecticut prohibits collection agencies from collecting child support and whether the same is true in neighboring states.

Discusses Connecticut''s post majority educational support law and constitutionality of a similar law in New Hampshire.

Els Sterkarm viuen fora de la llei i en terra de ningú, en la zona fronterera entre Anglaterra i Escòcia, al segle XVI. Són benèvols i compassius amb qui els demana ajut, però cruels i traïdors amb qui els vol robar les terres i la llibertat. L’arribada d’uns elfs, des del segle XXI, amb una màquina del temps, els portarà en peu de guerra. Andrea Mitchel viatja a la terra dels homes i conviu amb els Sterkarm per coneixe’ls millor i fer informes per l’FUP, una multinacional interessada en les reserves petrolieres i la immensa quantitat de riqueses que amaga la terra verge del segle XVI. Encara que ho té prohibit, Andrea estableix una relació molt intensa i complicada amb el jove Per Sterkarm, però les desavinences entre les dues civilitzacions complicarà la situació i molt especialment l’amistat entre Andrea i els Sterkarm. Susan Price va néixer al Black Country, i encara hi viu. Sempre li ha agradat llegir i explicar històries, i als catorze anys ja escrivia amb la intenció de publicar. Als setze anys ho va aconseguir amb The Devil’s Piper. Des d’aleshores ha publicat més de trenta llibres, entre els quals The Ghost Drum, que el 1987 va ser guardonat amb la Carnegie Medal. El 1999 El pacte dels Sterkarm va rebre el Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

Wandering the grim battlefield, Brother Dominic is overjoyed to hear a voice, calling him. Perhaps there is one more poor soul left alive in all this devastation. He hurries to aid the injured warrior, prepared to do all he can to keep this last survivor in the land of the living. But nothing can prepare him for what he finds... From warrior-bard to disembodied head in one sweep of a sword-just what is keeping Egil the storyteller alive? And what exactly is he planning?

Explains federal and state laws regulating law enforcement agencies'' collection of DNA samples and how a proposed bill to expand the USA Patriot Act might affect them.

Discusses whether other states have restricted marriage licenses to people lawfully present in the United States, whether such a law would infringe on a person''s fundamental right to marry and if the federal preemption doctrine would be applicable.

Summarizes the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring unconstitutional a California law that revived prosecutions for child sexual abuse crimes after a prior statute of limitations had expired.

Discusses whether there have been court cases in areas such as child support applying the reasoning that the U.S. Supreme Court used in declaring the Brady Law unconstitutional.

Summarizes Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe, 123 S. Ct. 1160 (2003).

Discusses whether Connecticut''s child support laws permit judges to order noncustodial parents to contribute to the cost of respite care for custodial parents of autistic children.

Explains if there is data on whether prosecuting people who fail to respond to jury summonses increases summons response rates.

Describes what impact passage of HB 6567 "An Act Concerning the Age of a Child for Purposes of Jurisdiction in Juvenile Matters" would have on emancipation, school attendance, divorce, and parental tort liability laws.

Discusses a series of questions about child custody.

Discusses the legal standard for acquitting a defendant of criminal charges based on mental illness.

Discusses what other states are doing to address the shortage of long-term care workers, such as nurses, nurse''s aides, and other direct care workers serving the elderly or disabled.

Compares California''s domestic partner registry law and PA 02-105, the Connecticut law permitting adults to designate other adults to act on their behalf in certain situations.

Discusses whether Connecticut has a law, rule, or regulation that requires in-house counsel working in a company''s Connecticut home office to be licensed to practice law in this state.

Discusses whether probationers must consent to warrantless searches as a condition of program participation, and if the same requirement applies to people on parole.

Explains the status of Connecticut cases involving same-sex partners.