Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution: Analysis and Recommendations

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - The Allocation of Custodial and Decisionmaking Responsibility for Children
Chapter 3 - Child Support
Chapter 4 - Division of Property Upon Dissolution
Chapter 5 - Compensatory Spousal Payments
Chapter 6 - Domestic Partners
Chapter 7 - Agreements
Appendix I - Model Provisions Adopting Chapter 3
Appendix II - Model Provisions Adopting Chapter 5
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Index 

Chief Reporter: †Ira Mark Ellman, Arizona State University College of Law, Tempe, Arizona.

Reporters: †Katharine T. Bartlett, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina [from 1994]; †* Grace Ganz Blumberg, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California [1993 and from 1995].

Consultant: ** Marygold S. Melli, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, Wisconsin.

†Professors Ellman, Bartlett, and Blumberg were jointly designated American Law Institute R. Ammi Cutter Reporters as of 1998.

*Professor Blumberg served as an Adviser from 1990 to 1993 and as a Consultant from 1994 to 1995.

** Professor Melli served as a Reporter from 1989 to 1994.

Advisers: Shirley S. Abrahamson, Chief Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Madison, Wisconsin; Susan Frelich Appleton, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri [from 1994]; Judith Mitchell Billings, Judge, Utah Court of Appeals, Salt Lake City, Utah; David L. Chambers, University of Michigan School of Law, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Roger C. Cramton, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York; Diane Dodson, Rockville, Maryland; Mary Ann Glendon, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin, Norristown, Pennsylvania; Sally F. Goldfarb, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Law, Camden, Camden, New Jersey; James R. Greenfield, New Haven, Connecticut [from 1990]; John DeWitt Gregory, Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, Long Island, New York [from 1991]; Ronald K. Henry, Washington, District of Columbia [from 1990]; Herma Hill Kay, University of California at Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California; Rufus G. King III, Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia; Harry D. Krause, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign, Illinois; Joan M. Krauskopf, Prescott, Arizona; Paul M. Kurtz, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia [from 1995]; Sally J. Laidlaw, Oakland, California [from 1990]; Robert J. Levy, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, Justice, Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario [from 1996]; Jessica Pearson, Center for Policy Research, Denver, Colorado; Kenneth G. Raggio, Dallas, Texas [from 1990]; Gary N. Skoloff, Livingston, New Jersey; Charles E. Springer, Justice, Supreme Court of Nevada, Carson City, Nevada; Eugene B. Strassburger III, Judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Fifth Judicial District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Lenore J. Weitzman, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; Mary Moers Wenig, Quinnipiac College School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut.

Judges Consultative Group: Lindsay G. Arthur, Judge, Juvenile Justice Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota [to 1992]; Phyllis W. Beck, Judge, The Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Lucy Cooper, Commissioner, Family Court of Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Lewis R. Friedman, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, New York, New York [from 1993; deceased 1998]; Edward M. Ginsburg, Justice, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Probate and Family Court Department, Middlesex County Division, Concord, Massachusetts; John Farr Larson, Judge, Utah Juvenile Court, Salt Lake City, Utah [Deceased 1994]; Judith D. McConnell, Judge, Superior Court of California, San Diego County, San Diego, California; Alan R. Schwartz, Chief Judge, Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District, Miami, Florida; Ricardo M. Urbina, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, District of Columbia; Joseph P. Warner, Justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Boston, Massachusetts.