Understanding Family Law
- ISBN-10
- 1422486613
- ISBN-13
- 9781422486610
- Series
- Understanding Family Law
- Category
- Law
- Pages
- 548
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-30
- Publisher
- LexisNexis
- Authors
- Peter N. Swisher, John De Witt Gregory, Sheryl L. Wolf
Description
This clearly-written Understanding treatise includes coverage of both traditional and nontraditional families, nonmarital and postmarital contracts, annulment, paternity and legitimacy, procreation rights, contraception, abortion, sterilization, artificially assisted conception, adoption and termination of parental rights. Understanding Family Law explains specific family law issues, such as intrafamily tort immunity and liability, medical care for child and spouse, wrongful life and wrongful birth, domestic violence, PINS, ethical issues for the lawyer, alternative dispute resolution, equitable distribution, community property, and child custody and visitation.
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