Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law

by Kimberly D. Richman

Book Overview

Winner of the 2010 Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award
A lesbian couple rears a child together and, after the biological mother dies, the surviving partner loses custody to the child's estranged biological father. Four days later, in a different court, judges rule on the side of the partner, because they feel the child relied on the woman as a "psychological parent." What accounts for this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814776981
• ISBN13: 9780814776988
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"