Family Law

National in scope, this title provides guidance for every stage of a family law proceeding from initial client contact through modification and enforcement. Some of the topics covered include: Strategy, temporary relief, child custody, valuation and distribution of property upon dissolution of marriage, child support, spousal support and domestic violence. Tax considerations, discovery, pre-trial, and trial techniques, modification and enforcement of support orders, divorce, support and benefits relevant to military families, paternity proceedings, adoption, unmarried cohabitants and counsel fees are discussed.
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Topics include marriage and divorce, annulment, custody of children, spousal and child support, complex property issues, paternity, domestic violence, adoption, and alternative means of reproduction. Domestic violence, intercountry and interstate moves, and the psychological component are covered.

Themes include the tension between individual autonomy and governmental regulation in all aspects of family law, the extent to which relationships established before marriage are regulated, and how marriage is being redefined, as well as the legal recognition of same-sex marriage in some jurisdictions. It covers the definition of marriage as a partnership, assisted reproductive technologies and adoption of children to take into account new family forms.

The work evaluates canonical narratives, examples, and ideas that legal decisionmakers repeatedly invoke to explain family law and its governing principles. It contends that family law is exclusively local, repudiates market principles, has eradicated the imprint of common law doctrines which subordinated married women, is dominated by contract rules permitting individuals to structure their relationships as they choose, and prioritizes children's interests over parents' rights.

This book discusses the legal aspects of marriage, divorce, adoption, custody, parentage, surrogacy, visitation, assisted reproduction, and other family law topics from the perspective of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. It contains analysis of issues related to post-heterosexual relationship custody and visitation; single party adoption and foster care; treatment of issues associated with assisted reproduction and surrogacy; two-party adoptions and judgments; custody disputes between former same-sex partners in cases in which both partners are legal parents; dissolution and separation issues where only one parent is a legal parent; marriage and other relationship protections, and transsexual marriage and parentage rights.
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