Custody Revisionists Are Challenging Maternal Preference for Child Custody by Arguing

question 34

Multiple Choice

Custody revisionists are challenging maternal preference for child custody by arguing that

• A) women are the privileged ones in divorce
• B) fathers are more economically capable of supporting a child
• C) earning a living by the mother means she cannot be with young children so a father who remarries can have a full-time caretaker
• D) all of the above

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Defense of Marriage Act

The Defense of Marriage Act was a U.S. federal law enacted in 1996 that defined marriage for federal purposes as the union of one man and one woman, and allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.

Same-Sex Couples

Romantic or marital partnerships between two people of the same gender.

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Legislation that provides legal recognition to relationships of couples, often same-sex, granting them similar rights and benefits to those of marriage.