Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Property    5. English law: property (real estate)    6. English law: statutes & regulations    7. Law / Property    8. Law | Property & Land Law   

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Civil Procedure    3. Domestic Relations Law    4. Domestic relations    5. General    6. Reference    7. United States    8. POLITICS & GOVERNMENT   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Domestic relations    4. Family Law - General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. United States   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Forensic Psychology    3. Gender & the Law    4. General    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Legal status, laws, etc    8. Psychological aspects    9. Psychology    10. Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Constitutional & administrative law    13. Psychology & Psychiatry / General    14. Women's studies   

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Hypocrite.
Divorce without disaster?Please.If the way she handled my family's divorce is any indication, this woman doesn't have the first clue about avoiding the heartbreak and disasters of divorce.What kind of decent person encourages her client to drop a bombshell on his wife's lap and walk out on the last day of his childrens' school year?What kind of person suggests that it would be convenient to move out on a 3 day weekend that happens to coincide with his eldest child's graduation?What kind of woman discourages a man from at least trying counseling before ending a 19 year marriage and shattering his children?
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Subjects:  1. Dispute resolution (Law)    2. Divorce    3. Divorce & Separation    4. Divorce suits    5. Domestic Relations Law    6. Family & Relationships    7. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Practical Guides    11. Sociology - Marriage & Family    12. Texas    13. Law / Domestic Relations / Divorce & Separation   

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refreshing, thought-provoking and a delight to read.
This collection examines the diverse and complexissues which mothers face. Essays on pregnant teens, child endangerment, drug-using mothers, were probing and refreshing, thought-provoking and a delight to read. Theperspectives (religious, legal, phiosophical) are far-ranging and yetdistinct themes emerge from these contributors, the most important of whichis that we need to think harder and deeper about why mothers make thedecisions they do, and what those decisions mean to the fabric our social,economic and political communities. It is one thing to say "it takes avillage" to raise a family, and another thing entirely to examine whata difficult, challenging and unpredictable place a village can be...that iswhat this volume accomplishes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. General    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Motherhood    5. Mothers    6. Parenting - Motherhood    7. Psychology    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Sociology Of Women    11. Women's Studies - General    12. Literary Criticism & Collections / General   

Editorial Review

Nolo Press legal guides provide useful and accurate information on how to manage your own affairs or, failing this, how to hire a lawyer and negotiate the court system. The rapid changes in gay and lesbian life in the past 30 years have not been reflected in the legal codes of most states, and without enforceable written agreements, gay and lesbian people may find such crucial matters as inheritance, legal guardianship, child custody, and support left to the whim of a judge or state agency. As the writers of this volume (first published in 1980) point out, "married couples' relationships are defined by law," while lesbian and gay couples have the freedom--and responsibility--to create their own legal relationships. Agreements drawn up in advance provide guidance for a time when all is not moonbeams and madness. Tear-out forms and sample documents are included. Read more

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Stand up!
Great reference for all of us to stand up for the right to be who we are.

Get's an A+
If you have a college degree, good income, own a home, and prefer a do-it-yourself explanation, this is the book for you.It is written by laywers and describes partnership situations in detail with legal/financial tools to apply.In some cases, it gets down to state by state specifics (Vermont's same-sex law, Hawaii's beneficiary law, etc).It deals with houses & other property, stocks & bank accounts, wills & inheritance, children, prior marriages, and even breaking up. A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (Legal Guide for L
This guide has been highly resourceful in the lives of my partner and I. There is not a day that goes by that we do not reference it. It is written in a very easy to understand format and contains several templates for "Durable Power of Attorneys", etc. I highly recommend this book. Anyone interested in emailing me. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Gay Studies    3. Gay couples    4. Homosexuality    5. Law    6. Law and legislation    7. Legal status, laws, etc.    8. Lesbian couples    9. Same-sex marriage    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Law   

Subjects:  1. Constitutional    2. Constitutional law    3. Domestic Relations Law    4. Family Law - General    5. Gay Studies    6. Gay couples    7. Homosexuality    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Legal status, laws, etc    11. Legal status, laws, etc.    12. Marriage    13. Same-sex marriage    14. Sociology    15. United States    16. Private, property, family law    17. USA   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Family Law - General    5. General    6. Legal Profession    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Business & Economics / General    9. Economics, Finance, Business and Industry   

Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations - General    2. English law: family law    3. Family Law - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Law / Domestic Relations / General    7. Law | Family and Child Law   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Family Law - General    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession   

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excellent overview to the changing family
As an intellectual divorced father, I have long searched for that one bookthat gave the "view from 60,000" feet of what has changed in theAmerican family, and why family law and social policy is (as schizophrenic)as it is.This is the book.Read more

Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations - General    2. Domestic relations    3. Family    4. Family Law - Divorce & Separation    5. Family Law - General    6. Family Relationships    7. Gender & the Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. Parent and child    10. Parent and child (Law)    11. Social Science    12. Social Work    13. Sociology    14. United States    15. Women's Studies - General    16. Social Science / Social Work   

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Thought provoking
Peter Bardaglio's "Reconstructing the Household: Families, Sex, and the Law in the Nineteenth-Century South" is a polite reassessment of, as well as an expansion upon, Michael Grossberg's "Governing the Hearth: Law and the Family in Nineteenth-Century America." Through the use of similar primary sources, i.e. records from lower and appellate courts, legal treatises, and personal papers, Bardaglio challenges Grossberg's assertion that America uniformly moved from a family structure dominated by patriarchs to one shaped by jurists and the state over the course of the nineteenth century. The author of "Reconstructing the Household" claims that the American South served as a massive exception to that argument by maintaining a strict adherence to an organic, or patriarchal, family organization until the Civil War fundamentally changed many aspects of domestic relations law in the region. Moreover, Bardaglio contends that this male centered family unit served as the central organizing feature of the southern state, a unit that acted as an intermediary between the state and the rest of society.
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Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations Law    2. Domestic relations    3. Family    4. Gender Studies    5. History    6. History - U.S.    7. History: American    8. Legal History    9. Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)    10. Social conditions    11. Sociology - Marriage & Family    12. Southern States    13. United States - 19th Century    14. Citizenship & nationality law    15. Criminal law    16. Family & relationships    17. Family law    18. Jurisprudence & General Issues    19. Multicultural studies    20. Social history    21. Social issues    22. Social law    23. USA    24. c 1800 to c 1900   

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A must if you want to avoid a money sucking lawyer
I recently became a guardian of my young nephew but could not afford anddidn't want to deal with a lawyer.This book made it possible. It layedout the steps in a well structured manner.I was very satisfied with mypurchase.The forms itincluded with the book were just great.Buy it.

Excellent resource, whether or not you will use an attorney!
As an attorney who regularly represents clients in guardianship proceedings, I strongly recommend that my clients read The Guardianship Book so that they understand the sometimes confusing process.In some cases, I hand the book to my clients during our first meeting, as "homework" to read before I will prepare and file a petition.For those who cannot afford an attorney, I recommend this as a resource that will save considerable time and avoid court hearing delays.For clients who can afford to pay my fees, the book still saves my time explaining many issues -- the $25 book can easily save $250 in attorney fees. (Mark J. Welch, Pleasanton, CA) ... Read more

Subjects:  1. California    2. Domestic Relations - Children    3. Family Law - Children    4. Family Law - General    5. Guardian and ward    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Popular works    9. Practical Guides   

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If I'd Only Known then What I Know Now
As a woman in the midst of a divorce, I found Randy Kandel's Family Law: Essential Terms and Concepts both fascinating and helpful.While many books can tell you how to get through or do-your-own-divorce, this book gave me a real understanding of the concepts of family law that practicing lawyers know, and did it in plain English that anyone with a college degree can understand.Even more, the chapters on child custody, children's rights, premarital agreements and the rights and obligations of spouses during marriage were a real eye-opener.If I had known these things years ago, I might have made basic family and financial decisions differently. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Advocacy    2. Domestic relations    3. Family Law - General    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States   

Subjects:  1. Family Law - General    2. Law   

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Illuminating and engrossing book
McClain's illuminating book offers a rich vision of family for the twenty-first century:one that is inclusive of many types of loving and critical family bonds, including same-sex relationships, traditional marriages, and grandparent guardians; one that makes us more responsible citizens; and one that earns the respect of government and in turn would give so much back to their communities.With so much political soundbites about family and marriage swirling about these days, this book joins the debate and offers a vision that shows how embarrassingly silly, and shortsighted, current debate is about marriage, sex education, and family.The book is philosophical and at the same time beautifully written and accessible.It really touched me and showed me how critically important our vision of family is to our democracy and society in this increasingly disconnected information age.I loved this book -- as a working mother, as a teacher, and as someone who wants to contribute more to those around me.Now, if I only could ensure that our country's leaders read it, we would be in much better shape!

A much needed book
Well-written, though-provoking survey of the social, legal and political terrain of "family" policy, and the competing theories and practices thereto. Hopefully this will lead to a more intellectually honest discussion of "the place of families" in American law.
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Subjects:  1. Domestic Relations - General    2. Family    3. Family Law - General    4. Family policy    5. Law    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Marriage    8. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    9. Political aspects    10. Public Policy - Cultural Policy    11. United States    12. Family & relationships    13. Law / Domestic Relations / General   

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Thought-provoking, eye-opening, and harrowing.
Scary stuff.This is not a job I think I could do.I was amazed by the immense variety of family distress situations faced by the court.Judge Ross seems to maintain great powers of objectivity and analysis in the faceof a near-constant stream of the most painful decisions one could have tomake.I was stunned by some of the descriptions of what many kids beforehis court endured before they got there.Fascinating book.I hope moreare forthcoming from Judge Ross. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Courts    2. Courts - General    3. Family Court (City of New York    4. Family Law - General    5. Juvenile Justice Administration    6. Juvenile courts    7. Juvenile justice, Administrati    8. Juvenile justice, Administration of    9. Law    10. Legal Reference / Law Profession    11. Literary Criticism    12. New York    13. New York (State)