More Than Marriage (eBook)

Forming Families after Marriage Equality

John G. Culhane (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
232 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39167-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Introduces an expansive vision of the family and a brilliant legal arrangement that will protect the lives of millions of adults.
 
Today, about half of all adults are unmarried. Many of those are in significant relationships—some intimate, others based in friendship, finances, or family ties—but the law offers them few protections. Amid the growing recognition that modern families take all shapes, More Than Marriage presents a refreshing vision for the future.
 
With this book, noted family-law expert John G. Culhane takes us on a guided tour of how the march toward marriage equality spun off a number of other legal statuses, and explores how the law has expanded and where it falls short. This lively living history is grounded in relatable, in-depth interviews that give voice to the millions of Americans building family structures outside the protections of marriage—whether by choice, necessity, or exclusion. Culhane proposes an updated legal status that offers flexible and portable benefits for a diverse range of commitments and needs. As More Than Marriage shows, this "choose your own adventure" structure more accurately reflects, and more equitably protects, the many kinds of families we choose to build.

Inhalt

List of Tables
Preface

Introduction: Marriage Equality—an Important but Limited Victory 
1. The Dawn of the Domestic Partnership, or "We Bored Them to Death"
2. Civil Unions: Not Marriage, but an Incredible Simulation!
3. The Designated Beneficiary Agreement Act: Colorado's Successful Experiment
4. What Is Marriage, Anyway? (And What Isn't Marriage?)
5. Matching Relationship Law to Reality 

Notes 
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: civil union • Colorado Designated Beneficiary Agreement Act • Defense of Marriage Act • domestic partnership • Family Law • gay and lesbian couples • legal history of marriage protection • LGBTQ • marriage rights and equality • modern families • Obergefell Hodges • queer history • Supreme Court
• ISBN-10: 0-520-39167-5 / 0520391675
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-39167-3 / 9780520391673