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Coverage of Family Law Family law is an part of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations like:

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

Paternity testing to discover the real individuality of the child Juvenile adjudication

This list is rarely dispositive of the possible problems that come through the family court system. Practically in jurisdictions in the us, the family courts see stuffed dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.

For the conflict of laws factors involving transnational and interstate complications, refer to 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 one another over supporting your children and alimony, developing a hostile environment for the family and requiring large payments to divorce attorneys.

See also

Alimony Paternity fraud Merger doctrine (family law) supervised 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.

More 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 lawyers in tucson