Download or read book Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy written by Cynthia Grant Bowman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States. The author argues that the many benefits attendant upon formal marriage should be extended to cohabitants who have lived together for more than two years or give birth to a child.