Browsing by Author "Stepien-Sporek, Anna"

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    Child Support for Adult Children
    (2012) Stepien-Sporek, Anna; Ryznar, Margaret
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    Cohabitation Worldwide Today
    (2019) Stepien-Sporek, Anna; Ryznar, Margaret
    Despite the increase in cohabitation around the world, legal responses to it remain limited, particularly in the last several years. Yet, there are universal issues at the end of a cohabitation, particularly related to property division. This article will survey the recent legal developments on the property consequences of cohabitation in both the United States and Poland, drawing on comparative lessons to suggest future developments in this area of law.
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    Divorce Law in Poland: a New Regime Needed
    (2013) Stepien-Sporek, Anna; Stoppa, Pawel; Ryznar, Margaret
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    The Legal Treatment of Cohabitation in Poland and the United States
    (2010) Stepien-Sporek, Anna; Ryznar, Margaret
    Given the resilience of the issues surrounding cohabitation, a comparative analysis might offer a new perspective. This Article, therefore, considers cohabitation in Poland and the United States, limiting itself to opposite- sex couples. These two countries have been selected for analysis because, despite their lack of comprehensive law on cohabitation, they have each encountered and dealt with the issues arising from such relationships. They have done so differently, offering the opportunity for comparative analysis. Part II of this Article therefore begins by surveying American law on cohabitation, while Part III surveys equivalent Polish law. Part IV compares and analyzes the issues arising from cohabitations in both countries, offering concluding thoughts on the legal treatment of nonmarital cohabitation, given that many of these relationships intend to exist outside of legal regulation.
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    The Rules on the Administration of Community Property in Poland
    (2012) Stepien-Sporek, Anna; Stoppa, Pawel; Ryznar, Margaret
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    To Have and to Hold, for Richer or Richer: Premarital Agreements in the Comparative Context
    (2009) Ryznar, Margaret; Stepien-Sporek, Anna
    Although England and the United States have similar understandings of such agreements,12 the meaning and consequences of premarital agreements in continental Europe markedly differ from the Anglo-American common law tradition, heightening the opportunity for a comparative study. However, while the European approach inherently offers significant insight into the purpose, limits, and effects of premarital agreements, this approach is not as well-known-even to many Europeans- as the American approach, made so famous through Hollywood examples. This Article therefore endeavors to consider and develop the notion of the premarital agreement in the comparative law context, addressing some of the universal issues surrounding premarital agreements, as well as the particular nuances of certain regulatory frameworks governing this type of agreement. Part I begins by exploring premarital agreements in American law, while Part II reviews the European approach to such agreements, focusing on Poland's representative approach, but also considering the approaches of France, Germany, and Switzerland. Part III draws lessons from a comparison of these various approaches, concluding that much of the distinction between American and European law on premarital agreements stems from the differing limits placed on the prospective spouses' freedom of contract. Part III also considers the desirable level of freedom of contract, the ideal characteristics of the regulatory framework of premarital agreements, and, finally, the popularity of such agreements.