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Intro; Introduction to the Fourth Edition; Note on Editing and Acknowledgment; Chapter 1. Conceptualizing Modern Family Law; I. Defining Marriage; II. Private Ordering; A. Nonmarital Agreements; B. Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements; III. Assisted Reproductive Technology; IV. Best Interest of the Child; Chapter 2. Premarital and Postmarital Contracting; I. Premarital Agreements; A. Modern Parameters; B. Parameters of an Effective Agreement; 1. Choice of Law; 2. Directory Provisions; 3. Voluntariness; 4. Unconscionability; 5. Custodial Responsibility; II. Marital Agreements; Chapter 3. Marriage
I. Marriage as an InstitutionII. Restrictions on Who Can Marry; A. Annulments: Void and Voidable Distinctions; B. Statutory Formalities Required to Enter into Marriage; C. Common Law Marriage; D. Proxy, Confidential, and Informal Marriages; E. Mental Capacity Necessary to Marry; III. Elements of the Marital Relationship; A. Choice of Names; B. Management of Marital Property; C. Support During Marriage; D. Spousal Crimes of Sexual Assault, Crimes Against Marital Property, and Testimonial Privilege; 1. Sexual Assault; 2. Crimes Against Marital Property; 3. Testimonial Privilege
E. Domestic ViolenceF. Marital Torts; G. Medical Decision-Making; Chapter 4. Nonmarital Cohabitation; I. Parameters of Intimate Nonmarital Cohabitation; A. Scope of Nonmarital Partnerships; B. Status Recognition Proposals; C. Apportioning Claims; II. Property Claims; III. Support Claims; IV. Parentage Claims; Chapter 5. Dissolving a Marriage: Divorce; I. The Perspective of History; II. Divorce Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, and Comity; A. Domicile; B. Contesting Domicile; C. Comity for a Foreign Divorce; III. Fault Grounds; A. Adultery; B. Cruelty; C. Desertion
IV. Defenses to Marital Fault GroundsA. Recrimination; B. Connivance; C. Condonation; D. Collusion; E. Laches; V. No-Fault Divorce; A. Insanity; B. Living Separate and Apart; C. Irretrievably Broken; VI. Divisible Divorce; A. Divorce; B. Support of Spouse and Children; C. Child Custody; Chapter 6. Division of Marital Property at Dissolution; I. Historical Perspective; II. Principal Differences Between Property Division and Spousal Maintenance; III. The Two Systems of Property Distribution; A. Community Property States; B. Common Law (Separate Property) States
C.A Converging of Property Division SystemsD. The Four Steps to Property Division; IV. Classifications of Marital Property; A. Marital Debt; B. Marital Home; C. Pension Benefits; D. Social Security Benefits; E. Military Retirement Benefits; F. Income Enhancing Licenses and Degrees; G. Goodwill; H. Personal Injury Awards; V. The Process of Division and Support; A. The Marital Period; B. Rehabilitation; C. Reimbursement; D. Indefinite or Permanent, Periodic Alimony; E. The Increasing Use of Alimony Guidelines; F. Modification of Support; G. Enforcement; Chapter 7. The Parameters of Procreation
I. Marriage as an InstitutionII. Restrictions on Who Can Marry; A. Annulments: Void and Voidable Distinctions; B. Statutory Formalities Required to Enter into Marriage; C. Common Law Marriage; D. Proxy, Confidential, and Informal Marriages; E. Mental Capacity Necessary to Marry; III. Elements of the Marital Relationship; A. Choice of Names; B. Management of Marital Property; C. Support During Marriage; D. Spousal Crimes of Sexual Assault, Crimes Against Marital Property, and Testimonial Privilege; 1. Sexual Assault; 2. Crimes Against Marital Property; 3. Testimonial Privilege
E. Domestic ViolenceF. Marital Torts; G. Medical Decision-Making; Chapter 4. Nonmarital Cohabitation; I. Parameters of Intimate Nonmarital Cohabitation; A. Scope of Nonmarital Partnerships; B. Status Recognition Proposals; C. Apportioning Claims; II. Property Claims; III. Support Claims; IV. Parentage Claims; Chapter 5. Dissolving a Marriage: Divorce; I. The Perspective of History; II. Divorce Jurisdiction, Full Faith and Credit, and Comity; A. Domicile; B. Contesting Domicile; C. Comity for a Foreign Divorce; III. Fault Grounds; A. Adultery; B. Cruelty; C. Desertion
IV. Defenses to Marital Fault GroundsA. Recrimination; B. Connivance; C. Condonation; D. Collusion; E. Laches; V. No-Fault Divorce; A. Insanity; B. Living Separate and Apart; C. Irretrievably Broken; VI. Divisible Divorce; A. Divorce; B. Support of Spouse and Children; C. Child Custody; Chapter 6. Division of Marital Property at Dissolution; I. Historical Perspective; II. Principal Differences Between Property Division and Spousal Maintenance; III. The Two Systems of Property Distribution; A. Community Property States; B. Common Law (Separate Property) States
C.A Converging of Property Division SystemsD. The Four Steps to Property Division; IV. Classifications of Marital Property; A. Marital Debt; B. Marital Home; C. Pension Benefits; D. Social Security Benefits; E. Military Retirement Benefits; F. Income Enhancing Licenses and Degrees; G. Goodwill; H. Personal Injury Awards; V. The Process of Division and Support; A. The Marital Period; B. Rehabilitation; C. Reimbursement; D. Indefinite or Permanent, Periodic Alimony; E. The Increasing Use of Alimony Guidelines; F. Modification of Support; G. Enforcement; Chapter 7. The Parameters of Procreation