A Parent-Partner Status For American Family Law
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The Parent-Partner Status in American Family Law (Cambridge University Press 2015) is the first book to propose a new legal status for two people who have a child in common.
The scholarly book was written for academics, public policy researchers, lawmakers, and those who want a thorough analysis of the gap in the law and future possibilities.
This book must be purchased from Cambridge University Press directly. The book is a 600+ pages and is priced by the publisher.
To order the book, you will be taken to a separate page for Cambridge University Press. Just click here.
The scholarly book was written for academics, public policy researchers, lawmakers, and those who want a thorough analysis of the gap in the law and future possibilities.
This book must be purchased from Cambridge University Press directly. The book is a 600+ pages and is priced by the publisher.
To order the book, you will be taken to a separate page for Cambridge University Press. Just click here.
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Book description: “Despite the fact that becoming a parent is a pivotal event, the birth or adoption of a child has little significance for parents’ legal relationship to each other. Instead, the law relies upon marriage, domestic partnerships, contracts, and some equitable remedies to set the parameters of the legal obligations between the parents. With high rates of nonmarital childbirth and divorce, the current approach to regulating the legal relationship of parents is outdated. A new legal and social structure is needed to encourage parents to act as supportive partners and to deter uncommitted couples from having children. This book is the first of its kind to propose a new ‘parent-partner’ status for American family law. Included are a detailed discussion of the benefits of the status as well as specific recommendations for legal obligations.”
Table of Contents:
1) The disconnect between the facts and the law
2) The absence of a parent-partner status
3) The inadequacy of existing constructs
4) Reform efforts: slowly moving forward
5) The new status in theoretical perspective
6) The benefits of the new status for children
7) The benefits of the new status for the community
8) Ambitions for the new status
9) New nonmonetary obligations
10) A new relationship work obligation
11) New obligations with financial implications
12) Possible concerns about the parent-partner status
Table of Contents:
1) The disconnect between the facts and the law
2) The absence of a parent-partner status
3) The inadequacy of existing constructs
4) Reform efforts: slowly moving forward
5) The new status in theoretical perspective
6) The benefits of the new status for children
7) The benefits of the new status for the community
8) Ambitions for the new status
9) New nonmonetary obligations
10) A new relationship work obligation
11) New obligations with financial implications
12) Possible concerns about the parent-partner status
