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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461600603321

Autore

Bowman Cynthia Grant <1945->

Titolo

Unmarried couples, law, and public policy [[electronic resource] /] / Cynthia Grant Bowman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-13005-X

9786613130051

0-19-970714-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Disciplina

346.7301/6

Soggetti

Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Unmarried couples - Social aspects - United States

Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cohabitation in the United States : the past -- Legal treatment of cohabitation in the United States today -- Cohabitation in the United States today -- Social science and cohabitation -- Treatment of cohabitation in other nations -- A new law for cohabitants in the United States.

Sommario/riassunto

In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. Unmarried cohabitation has increased at a phenomenal rate in the U.S. over the last few decades, but the law has not responded to the legal issues raised by this new family form. Although a majority of cohabiting unions dissolve within the first two years, many are longer in term and function like other families; a large number of children also reside in these households. If one partner dies, is injured, or leaves the family, the remaining family...