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  1.                                                                                 THE WEEK, Page 19SOCIETYEt Cetera
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  4.     JUVENILE DIVORCE COURT
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  6.     This ought to guarantee a livelihood to untold numbers of
  7. lawyers: Thomas Kirk, an Orlando circuit-court judge, says an
  8. 11-year-old boy can sue to "divorce" his parents. Kirk ruled
  9. that "Gregory K." can seek to sever all legal ties with his
  10. natural parents so that he can be adopted by a family with whom
  11. he has been living for nine months. Gregory's lawyers claimed
  12. that he was abused by his natural parents. Children's rights
  13. advocates hailed the novel decision.
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