Since then, however, 43 states have adopted statutes that allow a compromise, with parents sharing custody.

Section 102.168 in its present form is a new statute adopted by the Legislature in 1999.

The association adopted several new statutes until 1920.

Many political prisoners have been released from the mental wards, and the Government has adopted statutes to protect psychiatric rights.

Soviet specialists approved of a statute adopted by Cambodia in 1957 which stipulated that it was a neutral state.

Between 1911 and 1933, 47 states adopted blue-sky statutes (Nevada was the lone holdout).

Arkansas, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Texas adopted similar statutes in 1987, she said.

The petition cited three provisions of the state's audit privilege law, one of the first such statutes adopted by any state.

In 1971 the town adopted zoning statutes that prohibited a landfill in an industrial zone.

He was referring to two states that adopted anti-takeover statutes to protect companies located there and locked in takeover battles.