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Contractualizing Custody, Sarah Abramowicz
Contractualizing Custody, Sarah Abramowicz
Law Faculty Research Publications
Many scholars otherwise in favor of the enforcement of family contracts agree that parent-child relationships should continue to prove the exception to any contractualized family law regime. This Article instead questions the continued refusal to enforce contracts concerning parental rights to children’s custody. It argues that the refusal to enforce such contracts contributes to a differential treatment of two types of families: those deemed “intact”—typically consisting of two married parents and their offspring—and those deemed non-intact. Intact families are granted a degree of freedom from government intervention, provided that there is no evidence that children are in any danger of …
Adoption And The Limits Of Contract In Victorian Adoption Case Law And George Eliot's Silas Marner, Sarah Abramowicz
Adoption And The Limits Of Contract In Victorian Adoption Case Law And George Eliot's Silas Marner, Sarah Abramowicz
Law Faculty Research Publications
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