CDFS 402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Common-Law Marriage, Equal Protection Clause, Antonin Scalia

• School: CSULB
• Department: Child Development and Family Studies
• Course: CDFS 402
• Professor: L Kaufman

Document Summary

First time married couples constituted a minority in the u. s. There were more single people than married people (due to cohabitation) Sources of family law (5: state laws, u. s constitution, federal law, tax and welfare laws. No state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction (jx) the equal protection of. No discrimination when it comes to the law. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of the law. 5 landmark cases: griswold v. connecticut (1965) A law in connecticut said you cannot use contraceptives (of any kind) Courts found that states cannot enforce laws prohibiting contraceptives. Aa women and white man wanted to get married, virginia said no. U. s supreme court said there was a fundamental right to marry. Virginia and any other state was not allowed to prohibit interracial marriage, laws were struck down: roe v. wade (1973) There was a law that said abortion was illegal, disregarding the circumstances.