Unmarried Couples Law And Public Policy
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Unmarried Couples Law And Public Policy
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Author : Cynthia Grant Bowman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2010
Unmarried Couples Law And Public Policy written by Cynthia Grant Bowman and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this work, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. The author argues that the many benefits attendant upon formal marriage should be extended to cohabitants who have lived together for more than two years or give birth to a child.
Living Apart Together
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Author : Cynthia Grant Bowman
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2020-12-29
Living Apart Together written by Cynthia Grant Bowman and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-29 with Law categories.
Argues for legal reforms to protect couples who live apart but perform many of the functions of a family Living Apart Together is an in-depth look at a new way of being a couple and “doing family”—living apart together (LAT)—in which committed couples maintain separate residences and finances. In Bowman’s own 2016 national survey, 9% of respondents reported maintaining committed relationships while living apart, typically spending the weekend together, socializing together, taking vacations together, and looking after one another in illness, but maintaining financial independence. The term LAT stems from Europe, where this manner of coupledom has been extensively studied; however, it has gone virtually unnoticed in the United States. Living Apart Together aims to remedy this oversight by presenting original research derived from both randomized surveys and qualitative interviews. Beginning with the large body of social science literature from outside the US, Cynthia Bowman examines the prevalence of this lifestyle, the demographics of people who live apart, their reasons for doing so, and how these individuals manage finances, care during illness, and many other aspects of family life. She focuses in particular detail on three key demographics—women, gay men, and the elderly—and how individuals from these groups engage in LAT behavior. She finds that while these living arrangements are more common than previously believed, there are virtually no legal protections for the people involved. Bowman concludes by proposing a number of legal reforms to support the caregiving functions LAT partners perform for each other. Living Apart Together makes an important case for formal recognition of this growing but largely overlooked family structure.
Cohabitation Without Marriage
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Author : Michael D. A. Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Aldershot, Hants., England : Gower
Release Date : 1983
Cohabitation Without Marriage written by Michael D. A. Freeman and has been published by Aldershot, Hants., England : Gower this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Law categories.
This book reviews the trends in Britian and in North America and in Scandinavia regarding cohabitation without marriage. The contents of this book; discussions of the responses of English law to cohabitation, justifications for equivalent treatment, and for differential treatment. The appendix contains cohabitation contracts and the law.
Marriage And Values In Public Policy
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Author : Elizabeth van Acker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-01-20
Marriage And Values In Public Policy written by Elizabeth van Acker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-20 with Political Science categories.
Marriage is a site of political conflict. It is a controversial issue in the UK, Australia and the US where there is a clash of values between neoliberal governments and diverse groups either strongly opposing or supporting marriage. In the meantime, fewer couples are marrying, while other family forms are more widely accepted. This book explores this disconnect by examining policy issues such as class divides, ethnicity, religion, same-sex marriage, gender relations and romantic expectations. A top down approach explores different government policy responses to marriage. In all three countries, there are differences and similarities in how governments react to the changes in family formations, but values or ‘conceptions of the desirable’ play a significant role. Enhancing stability and commitment as well as personal responsibility are important for policymakers who aim to keep ‘the family’ intact and thereby lower the burden on the public purse. It is difficult for political actors to respond to conflicting and changing values surrounding the diversity in relationships or to translate them into policies. There is a strong case to be made for increased policy attention to adult relationships - and a much weaker case for marriage. Rich evidence is drawn from interviews with key stakeholders as well as politicians’ speeches, government departmental reports, stakeholders’ documents and responses to government policies, and media articles.
Living Together
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Author : Toni Lynne Ihara
language : en
Publisher: NOLO
Release Date : 2006
Living Together written by Toni Lynne Ihara and has been published by NOLO this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Family & Relationships categories.
This definitive guide for unmarried couples has been completely updated to reflect legal changes in common law marriage, property and debts, tax rules, insurance, medical care, public benefits, pre-marital agreements, alimony, estate planning and legal issues involving children, from adoption to custody and more. Includes tear-out agreements and sample forms.Unmarried couples living together should take certain legal precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply contemplating the idea. This helpful book explains: § buying or renting a house § owning cars, boats and other property together or separately § having and raising children § writing wills and estate plans § getting authorization to make medical decisions for an ill or injured partner § breaking up The 13th edition provides the latest law in readable 50-state charts, and includes many fill-in-the-blank legal forms. It has new information on recent changes to tax laws, such as the "marriage penalty" and estate taxes. It also covers government and private companies that offer domestic partner benefits.
A Parent Partner Status For American Family Law
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Author : Merle H. Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-17
A Parent Partner Status For American Family Law written by Merle H. Weiner and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Family & Relationships categories.
This book proposes a new 'parent-partner' legal status emphasizing obligations of parents to each other and to their children.
Unmarried Couples
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Author : Winifred H. Holland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Unmarried Couples written by Winifred H. Holland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Income tax categories.
Marriage Equality
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Author : William N. Eskridge
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-18
Marriage Equality written by William N. Eskridge and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-18 with Social Science categories.
The definitive history of the marriage equality debate in the United States, praised by Library Journal as "beautifully and accessibly written. . . . .An essential work.” As a legal scholar who first argued in the early 1990s for a right to gay marriage, William N. Eskridge Jr. has been on the front lines of the debate over same†‘sex marriage for decades. In this book, Eskridge and his coauthor, Christopher R. Riano, offer a panoramic and definitive history of America’s marriage equality debate. The authors explore the deeply religious, rabidly political, frequently administrative, and pervasively constitutional features of the debate and consider all angles of its dramatic history. While giving a full account of the legal and political issues, the authors never lose sight of the personal stories of the people involved, or of the central place the right to marry holds in a person’s ability to enjoy the dignity of full citizenship. This is not a triumphalist or one†‘sided book but a thoughtful history of how the nation wrestled with an important question of moral and legal equality.
Love S Promises
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Author : Martha M. Ertman
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press
Release Date : 2015-05-26
Love S Promises written by Martha M. Ertman and has been published by Beacon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-26 with Family & Relationships categories.
Blends memoir and legal cases to show how contracts can create family relationships Most people think of love and contracts as strange bedfellows, or even opposites. In Love’s Promises, however, law professor Martha Ertman shows that far from cold and calculating, contracts shape and sustain families. Blending memoir and law, Ertman delves into the legal cases, anecdotes, and history of family law to show that love comes in different packages, each shaped by different contracts and mini-contracts she calls “deals.” Family law should and often does recognize that variety because legal rules, like relationships, aren’t one size fits all. The most common form of family—which Ertman calls “Plan A”—come into being through different kinds of agreements than the more uncommon families that she dubs “Plan B.” Recognizing the contractual core of all families shows that Plan B is neither unnatural nor unworthy of legal recognition, just different. After telling her own moving and often irreverent story about becoming part of a Plan B family of two moms and a dad raising a child, Ertman shows that all kinds of people—straight and gay, married and single, related by adoption or by genetics—use contracts to shape their relationships. As couples navigate marriage, reproductive technologies, adoption, and cohabitation, they encounter contracts. Sometimes hidden and other times openly acknowledged, these contracts ensure that the people they think of as “family” are legally recognized as family in the eyes of the law. Family exchanges can be substantial, like vows of fidelity, or small, like “I cook and you clean.” But regardless of scope, the agreements shape the emotional, social, and financial terrain of family relationships. Seeing the instrumental role contracts will help readers better understand how contracts and deals work in their own families as well as those around them. Both insightful and paradigm-shifting, Love’s Promises lets readers in on the power of contracts and deals to support love in its many forms and to honor the different ways that our nearest and dearest contribute to our daily lives.
Not Just Roommates
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Author : Elizabeth H. Pleck
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-04-16
Not Just Roommates written by Elizabeth H. Pleck and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-16 with History categories.
The late twentieth century has seen a fantastic expansion of personal, sexual, and domestic liberties in the United States. In Not Just Roommates, Elizabeth H. Pleck explores the rise of cohabitation, and the changing social norms that have allowed cohabitation to become the chosen lifestyle of more than fifteen million Americans. Despite this growing social acceptance, Pleck contends that when it comes to the law, cohabitors have been, and continue to be, treated as second-class citizens, subjected to discriminatory laws, limited privacy, a lack of political representation, and little hope for change. Because cohabitation is not a sexual identity, Pleck argues, cohabitors face the legal discrimination of a population with no group identity, no civil rights movement, no legal defense organizations, and, often, no consciousness of being discriminated against. Through in-depth research in written sources and interviews, Pleck shines a light on the emergence of cohabitation in American culture, its complex history, and its unpleasant realities in the present day.