Family law in a nutshell /
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| Author / Creator: | Krause, Harry D., 1932- |
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| Edition: | 5th ed. |
| Imprint: | St. Paul, MN : Thomson/West, c2007. |
| Description: | xliii, 364 p. ; 19 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | West nutshell series Nutshell series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6485432 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. Perspectives. Sources and applications of family law
- The new family and the new constitutional law
- Pt. 2. Creation of the marriage relationship. Marriage regulation : substantive requirements
- Marriage formalities and informal (common law) marriage
- Effects of non-compliance with marriage regulation
- Unmarried cohabitation
- Variability of the marriage contract
- Part 3. Spousal rights and obligations in the ongoing marriage. Husband and wife in the ongoing marriage : support and property
- Husband and wife in the ongoing marriage : names, torts, and crimes
- Part 4. Creation of the parent and child relationship. Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, paternity and the unmarried father's custodial rights
- Adoption
- Assisted reproduction
- Part 5. The parent and child relationship. Parental authority and obligations
- Child support
- Child abuse and neglect
- Child custody and visitation
- Part 6. Termination of marital status. Divorce, traditional style
- Annulment
- Divorce jurisdiction and recognition of out-of-state divorces
- Divorce reform : mission overachieved?
- Part 7. Economic consequences of divorce. Alimony
- Division of property on divorce
- Separation agreements.