Overview
A concise guide to the legal rights of single parents, including the expansion of "father's rights" and single-parent adoption.
The Legal Almanac series serves to educate the general public on a variety of legal issues pertinent to everyday life and to keep readers informed of their rights and remedies under the law. Each volume in the series presents an explanation of a specific legal issue in simple, clearly written text, making the Almanac a concise and perfect desktop reference tool. All volumes provide state-by-state coverage. Selected state statutes are included, as are important case law and legislation, charts and tables for comparison.
Synopsis
Written to be accessible to general readers, students, and nonlegal professionals, this almanac outlines the law regarding aspects of single parenthood such as establishing paternity, child custody and visitation rights, child support, adoption, and artificial insemination, in addition to housing discrimination and the single parent, unmarried parents, same-sex parents, teenage parents, and termination of parental rights. One hundred pages of appendices provide documents, legislation, tables, worksheets, and sample forms. Jasper is an attorney engaged in the general practice of law. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR