{"title":"Stepfamilies from Siblings’ Perspectives","authors":"A. C. Bernstein","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-10","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125805889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamilies in 1984 and Today—A Scholarly Perspective","authors":"Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, K. Pasley","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126435865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Step- and Foster Families: A Comparison","authors":"P. Erera","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131580183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamilies from the Child’s Perspective: From Stepfamily to Close Relationships","authors":"Aino Ritala-Koskinen","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"448 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125221944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamilies from the Stepfamily’s Perspective","authors":"M. Coleman, L. Ganong","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121166456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamily Therapy from the Client’s Perspective","authors":"E. Visher, J. S. Visher, K. Pasley","doi":"10.4324/9781315809816-12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315809816-12","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124461915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family Life Education Programs for Stepfamilies","authors":"R. Hughes, Jennifer D. Schroeder","doi":"10.1300/J002V26N03_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J002V26N03_05","url":null,"abstract":"(1998). Family Life Education Programs for Stepfamilies. Marriage & Family Review: Vol. 26, No. 3-4, pp. 281-300.","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126572675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamilies from a Policy Perspective: Guidance from the Empirical Literature","authors":"M. Fine","doi":"10.1300/J002V26N03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J002V26N03_03","url":null,"abstract":"A number of legal scholars in the United States (US) have expressed concerns about the uncertain status of stepfamilies in the law (Mahoney, 1994; Ramsey, 1994). Stepfamily members are typically not granted a number of rights and the accompanying responsibilities that are afforded members of biological families. In addition, their treatment under the law varies depending on the issue and, because laws affecting families in the United States are decided at the state level, geographic location. For example, Mahoney (1994) shows that the stepparent-stepchild relationship has received its greatest legal recognition in the area of Workers Compensation law, which addresses who receives benefits in the event of injury or death in an industrial accident. By contrast, this relationship has received relatively little legal recognition in the area of inheritance, where, in the absence of a will, stepchildren are seldom allowed to inherit from their stepparents. Thus, the status of stepfamilies in US law is somewhat ambiguous and inconsistent across issues and states. The most common generalization is that stepfamily relationships are not legally recognized. As Mahoney (1994) stated, the stepparent-child relationship is not regarded as a legal status (p. 232). Given the inconsistencies in legal status and the general lack of recognition, one might think that there would be strong pressures to invoke policy reforms. However, this does not seem to be the case, as","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116895962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamilies from a Legal Perspective","authors":"M. M. Mahoney","doi":"10.1300/J002V26N03_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J002V26N03_02","url":null,"abstract":"Within many stepfamilies little attention is paid to the legal aspects of the stepparent-child relationship until a particular problem arises. This article focuses on the ways in which stepfamily members in the United States can take greater control of this dimension of their family life. In many cases, advance planning can prevent legal problems from arising at a later time. The starting point in any discussion about planning for stepfamilies is an understanding about their status under the laws that regulate family relationships. The question then becomes whether effective steps can be taken by the family to modify the relationship imposed by law. In fact, the U.S. legal system limits the scope of private planning available for many important family issues. This article focuses on several legal aspects of the stepparent-child relationship where the question of advance planning may arise: the financial support of minor children, the disposition of the stepparent’s estate in the event of his or her death, and the custody of minor stepchildren in the event of the custodial parent’s death. As to each of these economic and custodial issues, some individuals may prefer sets of rights and duties different than those currently imposed by state law. This article describes the underlying rules of law regulating the stepparent-child relationship in these areas, and the manner and extent to which they can be modified in the individual stepfamily by private action.","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131344686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stepfamily Policy from the Perspective of a Stepfamily Organisation","authors":"E. De'ath","doi":"10.1300/J002V26N03_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J002V26N03_04","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":116279,"journal":{"name":"Stepfamilies: History, Research, and Policy","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115401434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}