LEADER 02754nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910812730903321 005 20240402025826.0 010 $a1-283-13005-X 010 $a9786613130051 010 $a0-19-970714-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000092894 035 $a(EBL)1591343 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12181908 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519899 035 $a(PQKB)11348783 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591343 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1591343 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10476928 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL313005 035 $a(OCoLC)821637073 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000092894 100 $a20091002d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnmarried couples, law, and public policy /$fCynthia Grant Bowman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (287 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-537227-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCohabitation 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. 330 $aIn 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... 606 $aUnmarried couples$xLegal status, laws, etc$zUnited States 606 $aUnmarried couples$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aUnmarried couples$xLegal status, laws, etc 615 0$aUnmarried couples$xLegal status, laws, etc. 615 0$aUnmarried couples$xSocial aspects 615 0$aUnmarried couples$xLegal status, laws, etc. 676 $a346.7301/6 700 $aBowman$b Cynthia Grant$f1945-$01700872 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910812730903321 996 $aUnmarried couples, law, and public policy$94084221 997 $aUNINA