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Is American Family Law Queer Enough for Contemporary Families?

Courting Change: Queer Parents, Judges, and the Transformation of American Family Law. By Kimberly D. Richman, New York, New York University Press, 2009. 265 pp. $39.00 ISBN: 978-0-8147-7595-0

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    Katherine A. Kuvalanka

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Kuvalanka, K.A. Is American Family Law Queer Enough for Contemporary Families?. Sex Roles 62, 389–391 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-009-9738-x

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