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FAMILY LAW GUIDE |
 Family
Law: is an area of the law that deals with family-related
issues and domestic relations. Family
law topics include, but are not limited to: the
nature of marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships; issues
arising during marriage, including domestic violence or spousal
abuse, legitimacy, adoption, surrogacy, child abuse, and child
abduction; and 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).
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Marriage: The precise nature and characteristics
of marriage
have varied widely over time, and across cultures. Marriage
as an institution traces back into antiquity and is found in nearly
every culture. Usually it is understood to join a man and woman
(who in their marital roles are termed the "husband"
and "wife" respectively; generically they may be referred
to as "spouses") in a monogamous marriage. Polygamy,
multiple marriages between a person and more than one spouse,
is ancient, but is now common only in Africa and Asia; polygyny
(a man with multiple wives) is the typical form of polygamy, while
polyandry (in which a woman takes several husbands) is rare. Recently,
the word marriage has also been used to describe unions between
homosexual partners (same-sex marriage); as a legal contract,
same-sex marriage has been recognized by a few governments and
religious institutions. Typically, marriage is the institution
through which people join together their lives in emotional and
economic ways through forming a household. It often confers rights
and obligations with respect to raising children, holding property,
sexual behavior, kinship ties, tribal membership, relationship
to society, inheritance, emotional intimacy, health care, and
love. |
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Divorce:
Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before
the death of either spouse. A divorce
must be certified by a court of law, as a legal action is needed
to dissolve the prior legal act of marriage. The terms of the divorce
are also determined by the court, though they may take into account
prenuptial agreements, or simply ratify terms that the spouses have
agreed on privately. |
Domestic
Violence:
Domestic
violence occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner
attempts to physically or psychologically dominate or harm the
other. The term "intimate partner violence" is often
used synonymously, other terms have included "wife beating",
"wife battering", "Man Beating", "husband
battering", "relationship violence", "domestic
abuse", "spousal abuse", and "family violence"
with some legal jurisdictions having specific definitions. |
Adoption: is the legal act of permanently placing
a child with a parent or parents other than the birth parents.
Adoption
results in the severing of the parental responsibilities and rights
of the biological parents and the placing of those responsibilities
and rights onto the adoptive parents. After the finalization of
an adoption, there is generally no legal difference between biological
and adopted children in most jurisdictions. |
Child Support: In many countries, child
support or child maintenance is the ongoing obligation for
a periodic payment made by a non-custodial parent to a custodial
parent, caregiver or guardian, for the care and support of children
of a relationship or marriage that has been terminated. In family
law, child support is often arranged as part of a divorce, marital
separation, dissolution, annulment, determination of parentage
or dissolution of a civil union and may supplement alimony (spousal
support) and marital property division arrangements.
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