equitable distribution, marital debts, divorce, family law, marital property, common law, ownership of assets, liability for debts, obligations, debt allocation, financial responsibility, Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution
stepfamilies, nontraditional family, law of intestate succession, law of wills, inheritance rights, stepchildren, beneficiaries, distribution of property, testamentary gifts, class gifts, legislation, reform
marital property systems, shared ownership, separate ownership, common law ownership, assets, economic sharing, equal protection, spousal support, doctrine of necessaries, community property system, common law property system, legal reform, legislation