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Why Study Family Law Family law is an special sort of law that tackles family-related concerns and domestic associations like:

marriage, civil rituals, and domestic relationships; issues arising all the way through marriage, which include spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction legal methods to end a relationship and ancillary items that includes divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in America, custody of the children and visitation rights, who will support the child and alimony awards).

Paternity fraud and testing Juvenile adjudication

This list isn't dispositive of the possible problems that come through the family court system. In many jurisdictions in the united states, the family courts see loaded dockets. Litigants representative of almost all social and economic classes are parties within the system.

For the conflict of laws elements managing transnational and interstateproblems, see marriage (conflict), divorce (conflict) and nullity (conflict).

Criticism of Family Law

Supporters of Alimony reform also critique the Family Law system. They argue that current system pits divorcing couples against each other over child support and alimony, making a hostile environment for the family and necessitating large payments to divorce lawyers.

See also

Alimony Paternity fraud Merger doctrine (family law) closely watched visitation rights

More precised jurisdictions

Algerian Family Code Family Court of Australia Australian family law Family Law Act (Alberta, Canada) Family law system in England and Wales The Children Act 1989 Sir Morris Finer - Report on One Parent Families Malian Family Code Mudawana (The Moroccan Family Code).

Civil Code of the Philippines

References

-Benedict, Elizabeth (17 November 2011). "Divorce Arianna Style". The Huffington Post.

-Matlack, Tom (17 November 2011). "Divorce Reform In Massachusetts: David vs. Goliath". The Huffington Post.

Further reading Testimony of Barbara DaFoe Whitehead, Ph.D, Co-Director, National Marriage Project Rutgers University, before US Senate Subcommitee Wallerstein, Judith, Ph.D., "The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce", an analysis of the long-term effect of divorce on children; NPR interview (2000) divorce lawyer in tucson arizona