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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811482103321

Autore

Katz Sanford N

Titolo

Family Law in America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, USA, 20110601

Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN

1-283-13045-9

9786613130457

0-19-987819-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (295 p.)

Disciplina

346.73015

Soggetti

LAW

Family Law / General

Domestic relations - United States

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Law - U.S. - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Introduction to the Paperback Edition -- Introduction -- 1. FRIENDSHIP, MARRIAGE-LIKE RELATIONSHIPS, AND INFORMAL MARRIAGE -- Introduction -- Contract Cohabitation -- Registered Domestic Partnership -- Informal Marriage -- Common Law Marriage and De Facto Marriage -- Procedural Marriage and Other Informal Marriages for Limited Purposes -- Putative Marriage and Marriage by Estoppel -- Prenuptial Agreements -- 2. MARRIAGE -- Introduction -- The State's Role in Establishing the Marriage Relationship -- Freedom to Marry as a Fundamental Human Right -- The State's Efforts to Limit Marriage -- Annulment -- Age -- Prisoner's Marriage -- Mental Competence -- Incestuous Marriage -- Sex -- Number (Bigamy) -- Maintaining the Marriage Relationship: From Inequality to Equality in Marriage -- Property Ownership and Control -- Regulating the Marriage through Private Contracts: Postnuptial Agreements -- Interspousal Immunity -- Personal Safety --



Privacy, Equality, and Autonomy: Sexual Intimacy in Marriage -- Sexual Intimacy Outside of Marriage -- Individual Rights and Equality in Marriage -- 3. DIVORCE -- Introduction -- Divorce Procedure -- Fault -- Residency -- No-Fault Divorce -- Distribution of Economic Resources -- Property Distribution -- Alimony -- Child Support -- Child Custody -- Judicial Discretion and Codification -- The Primary Caretaker Preference -- The Best Interests of the Child -- The Lawyer for the Child and the Guardian ad Litem -- A Child-Focused Inquiry -- Alternative Custodial Dispositions -- Joint or Shared Custody -- Continuity of a Relationship with Both Parents: Relocation -- Unilateral Removal of the Child from the Jurisdiction -- Continuity of a Relationship with Others -- Divorce and Decision-Making -- Summary Dissolution -- Summary Process and Divorce by Registration -- Mediation.

The Future of Divorce -- 4. CHILD PROTECTION -- Introduction -- The Concept of Punishment -- The Definition of Child Abuse -- The Role of the Federal Government -- Model Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Statute -- Other Model Acts -- Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 -- The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 -- Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 -- Child Protection Process -- DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services -- Following DeShaney -- 5. ADOPTION -- Introduction -- Voluntary System -- The Role of Personal Autonomy -- Independent and Agency Adoptions -- Surrogacy -- Open Adoption: Visitation Rights for Birth Parents -- Open Adoption: Access to Adoption Records -- Placement -- Step-parent and Second Parent Adoptions -- Involuntary System -- The Role of the Federal Government and the Absence of Personal Autonomy -- Placement -- Open Adoption -- The Future of Adoption -- Appendix -- Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act -- Uniform Pre-Marital Agreement Act -- Uniform Parentage Act -- Uniform Putative and Unknown Fathers Act -- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act -- Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act -- Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U.