Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations

This work provides a unique review and analysis of divorce and related family-law issues throughout the United States, and describes approaches to problem areas such as child custody, child and spousal support, marital agreements, and unmarried domestic partners.

Chapter
1. Introduction
2. The Allocation of Custodial and Decision-Making
Responsibility for Children
3. Child Support
4. Division of Property Upon Dissolution
5. Compensatory Spousal Payments
6. Domestic Partners
7. Agreements

Appendix I: Model Provisions Adopting Chapter 3
Appendix II: Model Provisions Adopting Chapter 5
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index

In the Institute’s Principles tradition, this authoritative volume combines clear black-letter provisions with extensive explanatory Comments, clarifying Illustrations, and detailed Reporter’s Notes.

Chief Reporter:
Ira Mark Ellman, Arizona State University School of Law, Tempe, AZ  
Reporters:
Katharine T. Bartlett, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC
Grace Ganz Blumberg, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, CA 

ISBN – 978-0-314-19423-72008
Reprint of 2002 publication.
1187 pages, 2002, #1FAMDISOT