Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law

by Kimberly D. Richman

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Winner of the 2010 Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award
A lesbian couple rears a child together and, after the biological mother dies, the surviving partner loses custody to the child's estranged biological father. Four days later, in a different court, judges rule on the side of the partner, because they feel the child relied on the woman as a "psychological parent." What accounts for this...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0814776981

ISBN13:9780814776988

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:278 Pages

Weight:0.84 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Domestic Relations Education & Reference Family Law Gay & Lesbian Gay & Lesbian Studies Gender & the Law Law Legal Theory & Systems Nonfiction Parental & Juvenile

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