Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One: Tying the Knot: Marriage and Promises to Marry
6. Chapter One. Marriage and The State 27
7. Chapter Two. Marriage, Law, and Society: A Tangled Web 51
8. Chapter Three. Common-Law Marriage 78
9. Chapter Four. The End of Heart Balm 90
10. Part Two. Anything Goes: Love and Romance in A Permissive Age
11. Chapter Five. The Rise of Sexual Freedom 109
12. Chapter Six. Cohabitation 121
13. Chapter Seven. Same-Sex Relationships 142
14. Part Three. When The Music Stops: Dissolving A Marriage and The Aftermath
15. Chapter Eight. Untying the Knot: Divorce and Annulment 159
16. Chapter Nine. Dollars and Sense: The Economic Consequences of Divorce 192
17. Chapter Ten. Collateral Damage: The Children of Divorce 215
18. Part Four. The Old and The New Generation
19. Chapter Eleven. The Extended Family: Elder Law and the Law of Inheritance 235
20. Chapter Twelve. Parents and Children: Rights and Duties 262
21. Chapter Thirteen. Whom Do We Belong To? Parentage and the Law 286
22. Chapter Fourteen. Chosen People: Adoption and the Law 305
23. Conclusion: Into the Void 330
24. Notes 333
25. Index 423