Book contents
- Families by Agreement
- Families by Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Table of Cases and Statutes
- Introduction
- 1 General Considerations
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Agreements within Marriage
- 4 Divorce
- 5 Agreements about Parentage
- 6 Adoption Agreements
- 7 Agreements about Process
- Conclusion
- Bibliography and other Sources
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
- Families by Agreement
- Families by Agreement
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Table of Cases and Statutes
- Introduction
- 1 General Considerations
- 2 Marriage
- 3 Agreements within Marriage
- 4 Divorce
- 5 Agreements about Parentage
- 6 Adoption Agreements
- 7 Agreements about Process
- Conclusion
- Bibliography and other Sources
- Index
Summary
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 AgreementNavigating Choice, Tradition, and Law, pp. 1 - 4Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023