A parent-partner status for American family law /

Despite the fact that becoming a parent is a pivotal event, the birth or adoption of a child has little significance for parents' legal relationship to each other. Instead, the law relies upon marriage, domestic partnerships, and contracts to set the parameters of parents' legal relationsh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weiner, Merle H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Parent and child (Law) > United States.
Unmarried couples > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Single parents > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Illegitimate children > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Domestic relations > United States.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Domestic relations.
Illegitimate children > Legal status, laws, etc.
Parent and child (Law)
Single parents > Legal status, laws, etc.
Unmarried couples > Legal status, laws, etc.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The disconnect between the facts and the law
  • The absence of the parent-partner status
  • The inadequacy of existing constructs
  • Reform efforts : slowly moving forward
  • The new status in theoretical perspective
  • The benefits of the new status for children
  • The benefits of the new status for the community
  • Ambitions for the new status
  • New non-monetary obligations
  • A new relationship work obligation
  • New obligations with financial implications
  • Possible concerns about the status.

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