TY  - GEN
AU  - Katz, Sanford N.
TI  - Family law in America
SN  - 9780190465346
U1  - 346.7301​5 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Domestic relations -- United States. LAW -- Administrative Law &​ Regulatory Practice. Domestic relations. United States
N2  - 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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