Family law

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Family law

Entering into marriage
Prenuptial agreement · Marriage
Common-law marriage
Same-sex marriage
Legal states similar to marriage
Cohabitation · Civil union
Domestic partnership
Registered partnership
Dissolution of marriage
Annulment · Divorce · Alimony
Issues affecting children
Paternity · Legitimacy (law)>Legitimacy · Adoption
Legal guardian · Ward (law)>Ward
Emancipation of minors
Parental responsibility
Contact (including Visitation)
Residence in English law
Custody · Child support
Areas of possible legal concern
Spousal abuse · Child abuse
Child abduction
Adultery · Bigamy · Incest
Conflict of Laws Issues
Marriage · Nullity · Divorce

Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including, but not limited to:

the nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships;
issues arising during marriage, including spousal abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child abduction
the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, and parental responsibility orders (in the United States, child custody and visitation, child support awards).

This list is by no means dispositive of the potential issues that come through the family court system. In many jurisdictions in the United States, the family courts see the most crowded dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system. Because the family courts are notoriously underfunded and see a relatively large proportion of economically dependent litigants, a common criticism levied is that the system inherently prejudices the needs of these disadvantaged parties.

For the Conflict of Laws elements dealing with transnational and interstate issues, see marriage (conflict), divorce (conflict) and nullity (conflict).

Contents

1 See also
2 Research
3 Further reading
4 External links

4.1 International
4.2 USA
4.3 Australia
4.4 England
4.5 Scotland
4.6 Japan

Research

External links

International

[International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers]

USA

[American Bar Association - Family Law Section]
[American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers]
[Representing Children Worldwide: How Children are Represented in Protective Proceedings (Yale Law Resource)]
[Southern California family law attorney search and resource]
[LII resources on Family Law]
[Americans for Divorce Reform] -- Cultural and legislative efforts to reduce divorce
[Federal Rules: U.S. District Court Northern Illinois]
[State Rules I: Illinois]
[State Rules II: Illinois]
[Local Rules for Cook County]
[Court Forms for Cook County]
[Family Court Information for Westchester County]
[Common Sense Divorce and Custody Information] - Free information about divorce.
[National Alliance for Family Court Justice] - Information on women losing custody of their children and mothers' rights
[National Fathers' Resource Center] (NFRC) - Tools, advice, online courses, links to state family codes, and information for fathers. Parenting and father's rights advocates as an outreach branch of the [Fathers for Equal Rights, Inc.] organization in Texas.

Australia

England

Scotland

[Children (Scotland) Act 1995]
[Scottish Executive announcement], Wed 9 February 2005.

Japan

Tokyo High Court Sweden v. Yamaguchi, or In the Matter of Mary Ann Vaughn 1956

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