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| Introduction to the Third Edition | |
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| Note on Editing and Acknowledgment | |
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| Conceptualizing Modern Family Law | |
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| Defining Family Law | |
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| Private Ordering | |
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| Assisted Reproductive Technology | |
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| The Best Interest of the Child | |
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| Marital and Postmarital Contracting | |
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| The Right to Contract | |
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| Premarital Contracts | |
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| Postmarital Agreements | |
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| Separation Agreements | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Marriage as an Institution | |
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| Limitations on Who Can Marry | |
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| Void and Voidable | |
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| Statutory Formalities Required to Enter into Marriage | |
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| Intent to Enter into Marriage | |
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| Confidential and Proxy Marriages | |
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| Transgendered Persons | |
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| Same-Sex Marriage | |
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| Marital Status Alternatives | |
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| Civil Unions | |
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| Domestic Partnerships | |
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| The Husband and Wife Relationship | |
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| Choice of Names | |
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| Management of Marital Property | |
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| Support During Marriage | |
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| Spousal Crimes of Assault, Crimes Against Property, and Testimonial Privilege | |
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| Domestic Violence | |
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| Marital Torts | |
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| Medical Decision-Making | |
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| Nonmarital Cohabitation | |
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| The Issue | |
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| Ascendency of the Status of Nonmarital Cohabitation | |
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| Enforcement of Agreements | |
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| Express Agreements | |
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| Implied Agreements | |
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| Dissolving a Marriage: Divorce | |
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| Historical Context | |
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| Divorce Jurisdiction and Full Faith and Credit | |
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| Domicile | |
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| Contesting Domicile | |
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| Full Faith and Credit | |
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| Comity for a Foreign Divorce | |
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| Fault Grounds | |
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| Adultery | |
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| Cruelty | |
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| Desertion | |
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| Defenses to Fault Grounds | |
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| Recrimination | |
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| Connivance | |
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| Condonation | |
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| Collusion | |
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| Insanity | |
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| Laches and Statutes of Limitation | |
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| No-Fault Divorce | |
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| Living Separate and Apart | |
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| Breakdown Grounds | |
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| Divisible Divorce | |
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| Spousal Support | |
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| Child Support | |
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| Child Custody | |
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| Division of Marital Property at Dissolution | |
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| Historical Perspective | |
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| The Two Systems of Property Distribution | |
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| Community Property States | |
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| Common Law (Separate Property) States | |
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| Classifications of Marital Property | |
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| Marital Debt | |
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| Marital Home | |
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| Pension Benefits | |
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| Social Security Benefits | |
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| Military Retirement Benefits | |
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| Income Enhancing Licenses and Degrees | |
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| Goodwill | |
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| Personal Injury Awards | |
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| The Process of Division and Support | |
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| The Marital Period | |
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| Rehabilitation | |
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| Reimbursement | |
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| Indefinite | |
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| Modification of Support | |
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| Enforcement | |
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| The Parameters of Procreation | |
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| Constitutional Underpinnings | |
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| Estabhshing Paternity and Maternity | |
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| Presumptive Paternity and Maternity | |
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| Rebutting the Presumptions | |
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| Registering to Establish Paternity | |
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| Children of Assisted Reproduction. | |
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| Parental Status of Same-Sex Partners | |
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| Cryopreservation Agreements | |
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| Surrogacy | |
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| Posthumous Conception | |
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| Parental Duties Owed to Children | |
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| The Best Interest of the Child | |
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| Emancipation | |
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| Children In Need of Supervision (CINS) | |
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| Standby Guardianship | |
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| Medical Decisions by and for Children | |
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| Parental Financial Support | |
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| Imputed Income | |
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| Income Used for Calculation | |
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| Modification of Award | |
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| Termination of Financial Support | |
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| Enforcement of Child Support Obligations | |
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| Custody of Children | |
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| Four Constructs for Evaluating Custody Determinations | |
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| Parent Versus Parent | |
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| Parent Versus Non-Parent | |
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| Parent Versus State | |
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| Non-Parent Versus State | |
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| Considerations in the Child's Best Interest | |
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| Racial Classifications | |
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| Religion | |
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| Sexual Conduct | |
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| Visitation | |
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| Relocation | |
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| Termination of Parental Rights | |
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| Constitutional Procedural Parameters | |
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| Foster Care | |
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| Reasonable Efforts | |
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| Adoption and Safe Families act of 1997 | |
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| Criteria for Termination | |
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| Abuse and Neglect | |
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| Abandonment | |
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| Disability, Unwillingness, or Incapacity to Perform Parental Duties | |
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| Incarceration | |
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| Adoption | |
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| Historical Underpinnings | |
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| Adoption of Minors | |
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| Adoption Classifications | |
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| Confidentiality | |
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| Liability of Adoption Agencies. | |
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| Genetic Parents: Notice and Consent | |
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| Who Can Adopt? | |
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| Racial and Religious Considerations | |
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| Sexual Orientation | |
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| Subsidized Adoptions | |
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| Adoption of Adults | |
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| Stepparent Adoption | |
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| Equitable Adoption | |
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| Open Adoption | |
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| Intercountry Adoptions | |
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| Table of Internet Citations | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| Index | |