More Than Marriage: Forming Families after Marriage Equality

More Than Marriage presents a refreshing vision for the future of family law, offering flexible and portable benefits for a diverse range of commitments and needs. It explores how the law has expanded and where it falls short, based on in-depth interviews with Americans building family structures outside the protections of marriage.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2023
Publisher: University of California Press

Today, approximately half of all adults in the United States are unmarried, and many of them are in significant relationships that span various dimensions such as intimacy, friendship, finances, or family ties. However, the current legal framework offers limited protections to these individuals. Recognizing the evolving nature of modern families, More Than Marriage presents a visionary perspective for the future. In this book, renowned family law expert John G. Culhane delves into the historical roots of marriage equality and explores how it has led to the expansion of legal statuses. Through engaging and in-depth interviews, Culhane gives voice to the millions of Americans who are building families outside the traditional confines of marriage, whether by choice, necessity, or exclusion. Culhane proposes an updated legal status that offers flexible and portable benefits tailored to meet the diverse range of commitments and needs of families. As More Than Marriage demonstrates, this "choose your own adventure" structure more accurately reflects and equitably safeguards the many kinds of families we choose to create.

Weight: 334g
Dimension: 371 x 224 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780520391666