02790nam 2200601 a 450 991046160060332120200520144314.01-283-13005-X97866131300510-19-970714-6(CKB)2670000000092894(EBL)1591343(SSID)ssj0000526371(PQKBManifestationID)12181908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526371(PQKBWorkID)10519899(PQKB)11348783(MiAaPQ)EBC1591343(Au-PeEL)EBL1591343(CaPaEBR)ebr10476928(CaONFJC)MIL313005(OCoLC)821637073(EXLCZ)99267000000009289420091002d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrUnmarried couples, law, and public policy[electronic resource] /Cynthia Grant BowmanNew York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (287 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-537227-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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...Unmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etcUnited StatesUnmarried couplesSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etcElectronic books.Unmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etc.Unmarried couplesSocial aspectsUnmarried couplesLegal status, laws, etc.346.7301/6Bowman Cynthia Grant1945-874147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461600603321Unmarried couples, law, and public policy1951618UNINA