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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2023

Brian H. Bix
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University of Minnesota School of Law
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In this highly original work, renowned family law and contract law expert Brian H. Bix explores the increasing legal recognition of private ordering in American family law. Today, individuals can alter the terms of a marriage and divorce through agreements, and courts sometimes allow individuals to create, waive, and alter parental rights by way of surrogacy, open adoption, and co-parenting agreements, among other mechanisms. But when is such private ordering beneficial, and when should it be regulated or prohibited? Families by Agreement explores these questions in accessible detail to provide an important resource for those who litigate in these areas as well as for those who want to be merely to be thoughtful participants in these moral and policy debates.

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Families by Agreement
Navigating Choice, Tradition, and Law
, pp. 1 - 4
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Introduction
  • Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota School of Law
  • Book: Families by Agreement
  • Online publication: 03 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107446977.002
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  • Introduction
  • Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota School of Law
  • Book: Families by Agreement
  • Online publication: 03 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107446977.002
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  • Introduction
  • Brian H. Bix, University of Minnesota School of Law
  • Book: Families by Agreement
  • Online publication: 03 August 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107446977.002
Available formats
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