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Author Richman, Kimberly D.

Title Courting change : queer parents, judges, and the transformation of American family law / Kimberly D. Richman.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 267 pages)
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Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.
Contents A double-edged sword? : indeterminacy and family law -- At the intersection of sexuality, family, and law -- Negotiating parental and sexual identity -- Right or wrong? : the indeterminacy of custody and adoption rights -- Talking back : judicial dissents and social change -- Conclusion : mastering the double-edged sword.
Summary 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 inconsistency regarding gay and lesbian adoption and custody cases, and why has family law failed to address them in a comprehensive manner?. In Courting Change.
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Subject Gay parents -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Gay parents -- Legal status, laws, etc.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Gay parents.
Other Form: Print version: Richman, Kimberly D. Courting change. New York : New York University Press, ©2009 (DLC) 2008025479
ISBN 9780814775950 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0814775950 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
0814777449
9780814777442
9780814776988
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