Living Apart Together: Legal Protections for a New Form of Family

by Cynthia Grant Bowman

Argues for legal reforms to protect couples who live apart but perform many of the functions of a family

Living Apart Together is an in-depth look at a new way of being a couple and "doing family"--living apart together (LAT)--in which committed couples maintain separate residences and finances. In Bowman's own 2016 national survey, 9% of respondents reported maintaining committed relationships while living apart, typically...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479891045
• ISBN13: 9781479891047
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"