The international survey of family law
Contributors: International Society on Family Law
Edition: 2013 edition / general editor, Bill Atkin.
Publisher: Family Law
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846617263
Subjects: Domestic relations; Periodicals; Law
Notes: Published on behalf of the International Society of Family Law.

Includes bibliographical references.

Text in English with abstracts in French.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: International and European Developments in Family Law 2013  -- Louise Crowley -- I.; title: Child abduction law -- best interests of the child and the Art 13(b) defence -- -- (a).; title: Invoking the Art 13(b) defence to defeat an order for the return of a child -- -- (b).; title: Mediation -- 2012 Guide to Good Practice under the Hague Convention -- -- II.; title: European influences on family law -- the impact of Rome III -- -- (a).; title: Shortcomings of Brussels II bis -- -- (b).; title: Rome III -- Council Regulation 1259/2010 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of law applicable to divorce and legal separation -- -- (c).; title: Maintenance -- Council Regulation 4/2009 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and cooperation in matters relating to maintenance obligations -- -- III.; title: Private ordering -- a continual shift in favour of enforceable marital agreements -- -- (a).; title: Current developments in England and Wales -- -- (b).; title: Law Commission -- marital property agreements -- -- (c).; title: Conclusion -- -- IV.; title: Same-sex marriage -- some current international developments -- -- (a).; title: Europe -- -- (b).; title: United States of America -- -- (c).; title: Recent developments at the European Court of Human Rights --; title: Angola A Preliminary Appraisal of the Normative Gains for Children's Rights in the Angolan Children's Act (Act 25/12 of 22 August 2012)  -- Aquinaldo Mandlate -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Brief overview of the Angolan context -- -- III.; title: Overview of the Angolan Children's Act -- -- IV.; title: Some elements of the Angolan children's law impacting on family law -- -- (a).; title: Overarching role of the family in fulfilling children's rights -- -- (b).; title: Violence against children in the family -- -- (c).; title: duties of the child -- -- (d).; title: Children's participation rights in the Angolan child law -- -- V.; title: Some of the pressing gaps in the Angolan Children's Act -- -- (a).; title: Weaknesses relating to the African Children's Charter -- -- (b).; title: Weaknesses relating to the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography -- -- (c).; title: Weaknesses relating to the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction -- -- (d).; title: Weakness regarding the Convention on the Worst Form of Child Labour -- -- VI.; title: Benefits and gains observed -- -- VII.; title: Conclusions --; title: Australia New Frontiers for Family Law  -- Lisa Young -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Same-sex marriage -- -- III.; title: De facto legislation -- the difference between marriage and `de facto' marriage in Australian law -- -- IV.; title: Gender identity dysphoria -- is it a special medical procedure? -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Denmark: Important Recent Developments in Danish Family Law  -- Marianne Holdgaard -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Same-sex marriages now possible -- -- III.; title: Danish Parental Responsibility Act -- -- (a).; title: Joint custody -- -- (b).; title: Children's rights to be heard -- -- (c).; title: Contact with persons other than the parents -- -- (d).; title: Access to court -- -- IV.; title: Act on Artificial Insemination -- -- V.; title: Act on Division of Property of Spouses -- -- VI.; title: Conclusion --; title: England and Wales: The Battle for Children's Souls: The Role of Religion in Parental Disputes  -- Mary Welstead -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: decision in Re N (A Child: Religion: Jehovah's Witness) -- -- (a).; title: background -- -- (b).; title: judgment -- -- (i).; title: welfare of the child -- -- (ii).; title: European Convention for the protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) (ECHR) -- -- (iii).; title: orders -- -- (iv).; title: Blood transfusions and the use of blood -- -- (c).; title: Discussion -- -- III.; title: decision in Re C (A Child) -- -- (a).; title: background -- -- (b).; title: court hearing -- -- (c).; title: judgment -- -- (i).; title: principles -- -- (d).; title: court order -- -- (i).; title: judge's letter to C -- -- (ii).; title: Further questions -- -- (iii).; title: judge's response -- -- (iv).; title: final order -- -- (e).; title: Discussion -- -- IV.; title: decision in Re G -- -- (a).; title: background -- -- (b).; title: decision at first instance -- -- (c).; title: appeal -- -- (d).; title: Discussion -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: France A Chronicle of French Family Law  -- Centre de droit de la famille -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: French draft bill opening marriage to same-sex couples -- -- (a).; title: opening of marriage to same-sex couples in terms of domestic law: symbolic or juridical revolution? -- -- (b).; title: Same-sex marriage in international law and private French law: marriage for all? -- -- (c).; title: Draft bill `Marriage for All': parenthood and kinship -- -- III.; title: News on French law on bioethics -- -- IV.; title: role of sex change proof in obtaining a sex change in civil status records -- -- V.; title: Prohibition of adoption and the right to respect for private and family life: the measured arbitration of the European Court of Human Rights -- -- VI.; title: Future reform of family policy -- -- VII.; title: News on the optional Franco-German matrimonial regime: finally a ratification bill! --; title: Germany Abolition of Legal Discrimination and Implications of Highest-Court Case-Law  -- Luise Hauschild -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Improving the legal situation of unmarried fathers -- -- (a).; title: Parental responsibility -- -- (b).; title: Visiting rights -- -- III.; title: Abolishing the unequal treatment of registered partnerships -- -- (a).; title: Adoption -- -- (b).; title: Fiscal law -- -- IV.; title: Providing a legal framework for religious circumcision -- -- V.; title: Miscellaneous legislative projects -- -- (a).; title: Legally constituting the option of `confidential birth' -- -- (b).; title: Compulsory medication of persons under legal custodianship -- -- VI.; title: Prospects --; title: Hungary: Parental Responsibilities and the Child's Best Interest in the New Hungarian Civil Code (2013)  -- Orsolya Szeibert -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Principles of the Family Law Book -- -- (a).; title: Protection of marriage and family -- -- (b).; title: Protection of the child's interest -- -- (c).; title: Equality of spouses; fairness and protection of the weaker party -- -- III.; title: Principles on the exercise of parental responsibilities -- -- IV.; title: joint exercise of parental responsibilities -- -- V.; title: division of parental responsibilities and its sole exercise -- -- VI.; title: rights and obligations of the non-residential parent -- -- VII.; title: Closing remarks --; title: India: Law and Surrogacy Arrangements in India  -- Ranjit Malhotra -- I.; title: Position of Indian law for surrogacy arrangements -- -- II.; title: Facts and law relating to Japanese baby Manji Yamada born in India on 25 July 2008 by surrogacy arrangement -- -- III.; title: Validity of guardianship proceedings -- -- IV.; title: Rights of same-sex couples seeking parenthood in India -- -- V.; title: Factual and legal position for single or gay foreign citizens in India -- -- VI.; title: Speed breakers on the road to surrogacy -- -- (a).; title: Burgeoning surrogacy industry is propelled by absence of cohesive legislation and mushrooming IVF and ART clinics wantonly advertising services for providing wombs for rent -- -- (b).; title: New Indian medical visa regulations will cap surrogacy -- -- (c).; title: Medical visa regulations will harmonise with existing Indian and foreign law of countries of commissioning parents -- -- (d).; title: Reactions and responses of foreign governments -- -- VII.; title: Conclusion --; title: Ireland Constitutional Recognition of Children's Rights and Paramountcy of Welfare  -- Maebh Harding -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: pre-1937 importance of parental rights -- -- III.; title: Parental rights under the 1937 Irish constitution -- -- IV.; title: welfare of children under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1987 -- -- V.; title: Parental rights and the use of the welfare principle in cases involving non-marital children -- -- VI.; title: priority of parental rights over the interests of marital children -- -- VII.; title: extension of art 42.5 rights to include all parental decision making -- -- VIII.; title: Adoption of marital children under the Adoption Act 1988 -- -- IX.; title: place of children's rights in the Irish constitutional hierarchy -- -- X.; title: effect of the children's rights amendment -- -- XI.; title: Conclusion --; title: Israel: The Developing Right to Parenthood in Israeli Law  -- Rhona Schuz -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: developments -- -- (a).; title: Basis, nature and scope of the right to parenthood -- -- (b).; title: Prisoners -- -- (c).; title: In vitro fertilisation/insemination -- -- (i).; title: Status of the intended parents -- -- (ii).; title: Insemination after death -- -- (d).; title: Gamete donation -- -- (i).; title: Sperm donation -- -- (ii).; title: Egg donation -- -- (e).; title: Gestational surrogacy -- -- (i).; title: surrogacy scheme in Israel -- -- (ii).; title: Challenges to the restrictions in the Surrogacy Law -- -- (iii).; title: Challenges to the guidelines of the Approvals Committee -- -- (iv).; title: International surrogacy -- -- (v).; title: Use of eggs after death -- -- (f).; title: Adoption -- -- (i).; title: Age of adoptive parents -- -- (ii).; title: Single-sex couples -- -- III.; title: Arguments in favour of narrower interpretation of the right to parenthood -- -- (a).; title: Welfare of resulting child -- -- (i).; title: General -- -- (ii).; title: Non-traditional family -- -- (iii).; title: Age of intending parents -- -- (b).; title: Interests of others -- -- (i).; title: Surrogate mothers -- -- (ii).; title: Women in general -- -- (iii).; title: Deceased -- -- (iv).; title: Separated spouses -- -- (c).; title: Public interests -- -- (i).; title: Normative -- -- (ii).; title: Financial -- -- IV.; title: Arguments in favour of wider interpretation of the right to parenthood -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Japan: Family Law in Japan in 2012 -- Introduction of the Stop System of Parental Authority, and the Stipulation of Contact and Sharing of Child Support  -- Kayo Kuribayashi -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Background to the amendment of 2011 -- -- III.; title: System for stopping parental authority -- -- IV.; title: Stipulation of contact and sharing of child support -- -- (a).; title: Legal grounds for contact and sharing of child support -- -- (i).; title: Contact -- -- (ii).; title: Sharing of child support -- -- (b).; title: Existing state of contact and sharing of child support -- -- (i).; title: Contact -- -- (ii).; title: Child support -- -- (c).; title: future stipulation of contact and share of child support -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Kazakhstan: The Reform of the Family Legislation of Kazakhstan: Expectations and Outcomes  -- Federico Dalpane -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- (a).; title: Some history; title: Note continued:; title: II.; title: main issues reformed -- -- (a).; title: From the Law to the Code -- -- (b).; title: Adoption -- -- (c).; title: Surrogate motherhood -- -- (d).; title: Other minor changes -- -- (i).; title: Entrance into marriage for people under 18 -- -- (ii).; title: Age until which the alimony should be paid: parent towards children -- -- (iii).; title: Prenuptial contract -- -- III.; title: Conclusion --; title: Macedonia: The Exercise of Parental Rights After Divorce in Macedonian Family Law  -- Angel Ristov -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: exercise of parental rights during marriage in the Republic of Macedonia -- -- III.; title: Parenting after divorce -- -- (a).; title: Divorce by mutual consent -- -- (b).; title: Divorce by a lawsuit -- -- IV.; title: role of the authorities in deciding on the exercise of parental rights after divorce -- -- (a).; title: Centre of Social Work -- -- (b).; title: Court -- -- V.; title: Exercise of parental rights in Macedonian family law de lege ferenda --; title: Mexico: Family Law Reform in Mexico City: The Contemporary Legal and Political Intersections  -- Graciela Jasa Silveira -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Legal and political context against the background of Mexico City's family law reforms -- -- III.; title: Marriage and divorce-like rights of concubines -- -- IV.; title: Cohabitating partnerships (sociedad de convivencia) -- -- V.; title: Same-sex marriage -- -- VI.; title: Unilateral divorce -- -- VII.; title: Conclusions --; title: New Zealand: 2013: A Time of Change in New Zealand Family Law -- Marriage Equality, International Surrogacy and Ongoing Changes to the Family Court  -- Ruth Ballantyne -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Marriage equality -- -- (a).; title: original interpretation of the Marriage Act 1955 -- -- (b).; title: Recent developments: Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill -- -- (c).; title: Recent developments: adoption -- -- III.; title: International surrogacy -- -- (a).; title: Background -- -- (b).; title: New Zealand's current approach to international surrogacy -- -- (c).; title: Proposed future legislation -- -- IV.; title: Family Court review update: the Family Court Proceedings Reform Bill -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Norway: Future Powers of Attorney  -- Peter Hambro -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Definition -- -- III.; title: legal necessity of the new law -- -- IV.; title: Background history -- -- V.; title: Should one make a durable power of attorney? -- -- VI.; title: future condition -- -- VII.; title: Grantor and attorney -- -- (a).; title: Grantor -- -- (b).; title: Choice of attorney -- -- VIII.; title: Extent of a DPA -- -- (a).; title: Specifications -- -- (b).; title: Instructions -- -- IX.; title: Form requirements [&#x00A7;] 81 -- -- (a).; title: Advisable additional formalities -- -- X.; title: Entering into force [&#x00A7;] 83 -- -- XI.; title: Confirmation -- -- XII.; title: attorney's assignments -- -- (a).; title: Gifts [&#x00A7;] 87 -- -- (b).; title: Expenses and compensation [&#x00A7;] 88 -- -- (c).; title: Spouse or cohabitant as attorney -- -- XIII.; title: Revocation and expiration -- -- XIV.; title: Control mechanisms [&#x00A7;][&#x00A7;] 90 and 91 -- -- XV.; title: Representation by law for relatives --; title: Poland: Divorce Law in Poland: A New Regime Needed?  -- Margaret Ryznar -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Divorce in Poland -- -- III.; title: Disadvantages of the present regulation -- -- IV.; title: Advantages of the present regulation -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Scotland: Can Family Law be Rendered More Accessible?  -- Elaine E. Sutherland -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: problem -- -- III.; title: solution -- -- IV.; title: Conclusions --; title: South Africa: You Reap What You Sow: Regulating Marriages and Intimate Partnerships in a Diverse, Post-Apartheid Society  -- Helen Kruuse -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Of silos and form: Ngwenyama v Mayelane -- -- (a).; title: Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 -- the first silo -- -- (b).; title: Ngwenyama v Mayelane -- -- (c).; title: Of form and silos -- -- III.; title: Siloed statutory architecture -- -- (a).; title: Civil Union Act 17 of 2006 -- the second silo? -- -- (b).; title: Proposed legislation: the Muslim Marriage Bill 2003, 2010 and the Domestic Partnerships Bill -- -- (i).; title: Domestic Partnerships Bill -- a third silo? -- -- (ii).; title: Muslim Marriage Bill 2010 -- a fourth silo? -- -- IV.; title: Conclusion: the monolith of marriage -- -- V.; title: Postscript: A tale of two wives --; title: South Korea: The Reform of Adoption Law in Korea  -- Jinsu Yune -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: situation before the reform and the necessity of the reform -- -- (a).; title: Civil Code -- -- (i).; title: Simple Adoption -- -- (b).; title: Introduction of the full adoption -- -- (c).; title: Special Act on the Promotion and Procedure of Adoption -- -- (d).; title: necessity of the reform -- -- III.; title: Reform of the Civil Code -- -- (a).; title: Overview of the reform -- -- (b).; title: Permission of the family court for adoption -- -- (c).; title: Exemption from consent or approval by parents -- -- (d).; title: abolition of consensual dissolution in cases of minor child and ward adoption -- -- (e).; title: revision of the full adoption law -- -- IV.; title: Special Act on Adoption -- -- (a).; title: Overview of the legislation -- -- (b).; title: regulation of adoption under the SAA -- -- (c).; title: foundation of the Central Adoption Authority -- -- (d).; title: Disclosure of adoption information -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Switzerland: A New Law for the Protection of Adults  -- Tomie Keller -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: Encouragement of self-determination -- -- (a).; title: Durable power of attorney in case of incapacity (Vorsorgeauftrag) -- -- (b).; title: Advance health care directive (Patientenverfugung) -- -- III.; title: Family solidarity -- -- IV.; title: Protection of persons in residential and nursing homes -- -- V.; title: Customised measures -- -- VI.; title: Professionalised and specialised authorities (Fachbehorden) -- -- VII.; title: Conclusion --; title: United States: The Past, Present and Future of the Marital Presumption  -- Naomi Cahn -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: marital presumption: determining the facts of biological paternity -- -- (a).; title: source of paternal rights -- -- (i).; title: US Constitutional law -- -- (ii).; title: States equating biology with parenthood -- -- (iii).; title: States continuing to recognise the marital presumption -- -- (iv).; title: marital presumption and assisted reproductive technology -- -- III.; title: Beyond the presumption: estoppel and multiple parents -- -- (a).; title: Equitable estoppel at divorce -- -- (b).; title: Multiple parents -- -- IV.; title: Same-sex marriages -- -- V.; title: Conclusion --; title: Vanuatu: Finding the Law on Adoption in Vanuatu  -- Jennifer Corrin -- I.; title: Introduction -- -- II.; title: law governing adoption -- -- (a).; title: Vanuatu laws -- -- (b).; title: British and French laws -- -- (c).; title: Kastom laws -- -- (d).; title: International law -- -- III.; title: Two illustrative cases -- -- (a).; title: Re C -- -- (b).; title: Re M.