Inheritance Law and the Evolving Family - Brashier C. Ralph

Inheritance Law and the Evolving Family

Buch | Softcover
272 Seiten
2004
Temple University Press,U.S. (Verlag)
978-1-59213-222-5 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
Nontraditional families are an important part of American family life. Yet when a loved one dies, our inheritance laws are often stingy even towards survivors in the nuclear family. This work explores how probate laws ignore gender roles and marital contributions of the spouse, often to the detriment of the surviving widow.
Nontraditional families are today an important part of American family life. Yet when a loved one dies, our inheritance laws are often stingy even towards survivors in the nuclear family. With humor, enthusiasm, and a bit of righteous outrage, Ralph C. Brashier explores how probate laws ignore gender roles and marital contributions of the spouse, often to the detriment of the surviving widow; how probate laws pretend that unmarried couplesparticularly gay and lesbian onesdo not exist; how probate laws allow a parent to disinherit even the neediest child; and how probate laws for nonmarital children, adopted children, and children born of surrogacy or other forms of assisted reproductive technology are in flux or simply don't exist. A thoughtful examination of the current state of probate law and the inability of legislators to recognize and provide for the broad range of families in America today, this book will be read by those with an interest in the relationship between families and the law across a wide range of academic disciplines. Author note:



 

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Spouses 2. Unmarried Cohabitants 3. Children 4. Paternity 5. Adoption 6. Assisted Reproduction Final Thoughts: Where from Here? Notes Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.1.2004
Verlagsort Philadelphia PA
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Recht / Steuern Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht Besonderes Schuldrecht
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10 1-59213-222-7 / 1592132227
ISBN-13 978-1-59213-222-5 / 9781592132225
Zustand Neuware
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