The Legal Stranger: Colorado’s Two-Legal-Parent Limit Leaves Nontraditional Families Behind
Introduction Within the last century, and even the last fifty years, concepts of parenthood in the United States have increasingly moved beyond the nuclear family[1] model. Take, for example, family comedy television series from two generations whose themes portray the decline in the importance of the nuclear family in American Society: I Love Lucy and Modern Family.[2] I Love Lucy, which aired in 1951, portrays the problem-free life of a middle-class, suburban family while expressly reenforcing the society values at the time of subordinate women Continue reading →