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Family law in America

By: Publication details: Oxford University Press 2016 New YorkDescription: lii, 304 pagesISBN:
  • 9780190465346
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.7301​5 KAZ.F
Summary: Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Friendship, Marriage-Like Relationships, and Informal Marriage Introduction Contract Cohabitation Registered Domestic Partnership and Civil Union 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 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 Transsexualism Same Sex Number (Bigamy) Maintaining the Marriage Relationship: From Inequality to Equality in Marriage Property Ownership and Control Reciprocal Familial Obligations Obligations Undertaken by the State Legal Obligations of Individuals Contents note continued: Support Obligations Between Parent and Child Obligations Between Husband and Wife Cohabitation Contrasted 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 Divorce Procedure Residency Fault 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 Contents note continued: 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 The Concept of Punishment The Definition of Child Abuse The Role of the Federal Government Model Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Statute Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy 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 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 Contents note continued: Stepparent and Second Parent Adoptions Involuntary System The Role of the Federal Government and the Absence of Personal Autonomy 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 (1997) Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act 28 U.S.C. 1738A (1982).
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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Friendship, Marriage-Like Relationships, and Informal Marriage
Introduction
Contract Cohabitation
Registered Domestic Partnership and Civil Union
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
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
Transsexualism
Same Sex
Number (Bigamy)
Maintaining the Marriage Relationship: From Inequality to Equality in Marriage
Property Ownership and Control
Reciprocal Familial Obligations
Obligations Undertaken by the State
Legal Obligations of Individuals
Contents note continued: Support Obligations Between Parent and Child
Obligations Between Husband and Wife
Cohabitation Contrasted
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
Divorce Procedure
Residency
Fault
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
Contents note continued: 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
The Concept of Punishment
The Definition of Child Abuse
The Role of the Federal Government
Model Mandatory Child Abuse Reporting Statute
Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy
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
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
Contents note continued: Stepparent and Second Parent Adoptions
Involuntary System
The Role of the Federal Government and the Absence of Personal Autonomy
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 (1997)
Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act 28 U.S.C. 1738A (1982).

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