Clare Huntington is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches and writes about family law and poverty law. Professor Huntington's extensive legal experience includes clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court and serving as an Attorney Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to international development experience in India and Senegal, Professor Huntington has worked as a social worker in New York City's foster care system. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

• Introduction Part I: Positive Relationships and Negative Family Law Chapter 1: The Place of Relationships Chapter 2: Families in Transition and Families in Crisis Chapter 3: The State's Role in Relationships Chapter 4: Negative Family Law Part II: Flourishing Family Law Chapter 5: A New Vision for Resolving Family Disputes Chapter 6: Implementing the Vision Chapter 7: A New Vision for Structuring Family Relationships Chapter 8: Implementing the Vision, Part II Chapter 9: The Limits of Flourishing Family Law Conclusion Index

A riveting read on how the law tears at the precious bonds that tie families together, even making legal strangers of kin, and what we can do about it. A clarion call for a paradigm shift in how the law ought to intersect with the family." -Dr. Kathryn Edin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Clare Huntington is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches and writes about family law and poverty law. Professor Huntington's extensive legal experience includes clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court and serving as an Attorney Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to international development experience in India and Senegal, Professor Huntington has worked as a social worker in New York City's foster care system. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

• Introduction Part I: Positive Relationships and Negative Family Law Chapter 1: The Place of Relationships Chapter 2: Families in Transition and Families in Crisis Chapter 3: The State's Role in Relationships Chapter 4: Negative Family Law Part II: Flourishing Family Law Chapter 5: A New Vision for Resolving Family Disputes Chapter 6: Implementing the Vision Chapter 7: A New Vision for Structuring Family Relationships Chapter 8: Implementing the Vision, Part II Chapter 9: The Limits of Flourishing Family Law Conclusion Index

A riveting read on how the law tears at the precious bonds that tie families together, even making legal strangers of kin, and what we can do about it. A clarion call for a paradigm shift in how the law ought to intersect with the family." -Dr. Kathryn Edin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University

Clare Huntington is Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches and writes about family law and poverty law. Professor Huntington's extensive legal experience includes clerking on the U.S. Supreme Court and serving as an Attorney Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice. In addition to international development experience in India and Senegal, Professor Huntington has worked as a social worker in New York City's foster care system. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College and her J.D. from Columbia Law School.

• Introduction Part I: Positive Relationships and Negative Family Law Chapter 1: The Place of Relationships Chapter 2: Families in Transition and Families in Crisis Chapter 3: The State's Role in Relationships Chapter 4: Negative Family Law Part II: Flourishing Family Law Chapter 5: A New Vision for Resolving Family Disputes Chapter 6: Implementing the Vision Chapter 7: A New Vision for Structuring Family Relationships Chapter 8: Implementing the Vision, Part II Chapter 9: The Limits of Flourishing Family Law Conclusion Index

A riveting read on how the law tears at the precious bonds that tie families together, even making legal strangers of kin, and what we can do about it. A clarion call for a paradigm shift in how the law ought to intersect with the family." -Dr. Kathryn Edin, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Johns Hopkins University