A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law
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A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Parent-Partner Status for American Family Law

About this book

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, and contracts to set the parameters of parents' legal relationship. With over forty percent of American children born to unwed mothers and consistently high rates of divorce, this book argues that the law's current approach to regulating parental relationships is outdated. A new legal and social structure is needed to guide parents so they 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 within family law. Included are a detailed discussion of the benefits of the status as well as specific recommendations for legal obligations.

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Information

Topic
Law
Subtopic
Family Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 The Disconnect between the Facts and the Law
  10. 2 The Absence of a Parent-Partner Status
  11. 3 The Inadequacy of Existing Constructs
  12. 4 Reform Efforts: Slowly Moving Forward
  13. 5 The New Status in Theoretical Perspective
  14. 6 The Benefits of the New Status for Children
  15. 7 The Benefits of the New Status for the Community
  16. 8 Ambitions for the New Status
  17. 9 New Nonmonetary Obligations
  18. 10 A New Relationship Work Obligation
  19. 11 New Obligations with Financial Implications
  20. 12 Possible Concerns about the Parent-Partner Status
  21. Conclusion
  22. Notes
  23. Index