Family law
By: Frances Burton
Edition: [2nd ed.].
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
ISBN-13: 9780415583657; 9780415583640; 9780203114780
Subjects: Domestic relations; Children; Legal status, laws
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what is contemporary family law?; title: Marriage; title: Nullity; title: Divorce : the theoretical background; title: Divorce : the contemporary process; title: Divorce : marital agreements, collaborative law, mediation, family, arbitration; title: Ancillary relief; title: Civil partnership; title: Cohabitation; title: Financial support without decree provision for the family outside the mainstream statutory channels; title: Domestic violence and forced marriage; title: The Children Act 1989; title: Parentage and parental responsibility through human-assisted reproduction and DNA testing; title: Children's rights, autonomy and medical treatment; title: The child's welfare; title: Section 8 orders; title: Making contact orders work; title: International abduction and relocation; title: Child protection: wardship, the inherent jurisdiction and the children acts in public and private law; title: Care, supervision and protection orders; title: Financial provision for children; title: Adoption.