Family Law

by Harris, Leslie J.; Harris. L.; Teitelbaum, Lee E.; Weisbrod, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780316348577
• ISBN10: 0316348570
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co Law & Business

Summary

Offering tremendous flexibility, this dynamic and successful casebook covers all the major current topics in this vibrant ever-changing field -- with a well-balanced, interdisciplinary approach. Incorporating practical problems throughout, The authors provide the important doctrines and cases that introduce students To The practice of Family Law. In addition, they offer a rich mix of background materials that place issues in their historical and social context. FAMILY LAW begins with marriage, divorce, and unmarried cohabitants, and moves to legal regulation of the relationships among children, their parents, And The state. Key features include: problems in every section well-edited, carefully selected cases coverage of cutting-edge issues, including: family law of the poor and elderly; economics of divorce; legal regulation and recognition of nontraditional families; visiting rights of grandparents; new bankruptcy and interstate support jurisdiction laws; religion and family law; and home schooling complete treatment of juvenile justice discussion of alternate dispute resolution sections on the role of divorce counsel and problems of lawyering for children's issues The excellent Teacher's Manual includes detailed explanations of problems, analytical and theoretical comments on cases, sample syllabi, and suggestions on how to tailor the material to your needs.

Table of Contents

Contents	ix
Preface	xxxv
Acknowledgments	xxxix
MARRIAGE AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
The Importance of Being Married	3	(136)
Common Law Marriage and Rights of Unmarried Cohabitants	139	(50)
Entering Marriage	189	(76)
DIVORCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Divorce Grounds	265	(50)
The Economic Consequences of Divorce: Property Division and Spousal Support	315	(132)
Parent-Child Support Duties	447	(52)
Modification, Termination, Enforcement, and Tax and Bankruptcy Treatment of Orders	499	(88)
Child Custody	587	(104)
Family Contracts	691	(42)
Jurisdiction	733	(70)
Lawyers and the Process of Divorce	803	(170)
CHILDREN, PARENTS, AND THE STATE
Children, Parents, and the State: Rights and Interests	973	(88)
Determining Legal Parenthood	1061	(178)
Child Abuse and Neglect	1239	(104)
Juvenile Courts and Delinquency	1343	(178)
Table of Cases	1521	(14)
Index	1535