The Marriage Buyout: The Troubled Trajectory of U.S. Alimony Law Contributor(s): Starnes, Cynthia Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814708242 ISBN-13: 9780814708248 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Family Law - Marriage - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice |
Dewey: 346.730 |
LCCN: 2013049126 |
Series: Families, Law, and Society |
Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.33" W x 9.29" (1.11 lbs) 235 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From divorce court to popular culture, alimony communal norms of marriage, providing a gender-neutral alternative to alimony that assumes equality in spousal contribution, responsibility, and right. Her quantification formulae support new default rules that make buyouts more certain and predictable than their current alimony counterparts. Looking beyond alimony, Starnes outlines a new vision of marriages with children, describing a co-parenting partnership between committed couples, and the conceptual basis for income sharing between divorced parents of minor children. Ultimately, under a partnership model, the focus of alimony is on gain rather than loss and equality rather than power: a spouse with disparately low earnings isn't a sucker or a victim dependent on a fixed alimony payment, but rather an equal stakeholder in marriage who is entitled at divorce to share any gains the marriage produced. |
Contributor Bio(s): Starnes, Cynthia Lee: - Cynthia Lee Starnes is The John F. Schaefer Chair in Matrimonial Law at Michigan State University College of Law. |