Family Law marriage law family issues domestic relations

Family Law (also called marriage law) is an area of law that deals with family issues and domestic relations including:

      marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships;
      adoption and surrogacy
      child abuse and abduction
      the termination of the relationship and ancillary matters, including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards.
      award of minors
      paternity tests and paternity fraud

This list is not exhaustive and varies depending on the jurisdiction. In many jurisdictions in the United States, the family courts see busiest records. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.

Divorce Dissolution of Marriage

Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage) is the termination of a marital union, canceling and / or reorganization of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law in the country in particular and / or state.
Divorce should not be confused with the annulment, declaring the marriage null and void; legal separation (a legal process by which a married couple can formalize a de facto separation while still being legally married) or de facto separation (a process where the spouses leave informally partner). The reasons for divorce vary from inadequate sex, lack of independence, or a clash of personalities.
Divorce laws vary considerably around the world, but in most countries the permission of a court or other authority in a legal process is required. The legal process of divorce may also involve issues of alimony (spousal support), child custody, child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, distribution of property and division of debt. In most countries of monogamy is required by law, so that divorce allows each former partner marries another; where polygamy is legal, but not polyandry, divorce allows the woman to marry a new husband.
Divorce can be a stressful experience: affects finances, living arrangements, household chores, schedules, parenting and outcomes of children of the marriage and that each stage of childhood development face adulthood. If the family includes children, can be profoundly affected.
The only countries that do not allow divorce are the Philippines and the Vatican City, an ecclesiastical state, which has no divorce proceedings. The countries that have legalized divorce relatively recently are Italy (1970), Portugal (1975), Brazil (1977), Spain (1981), Argentina (1987), Paraguay (1991), Colombia (1991 * Ireland (1996) Chile (2004) and Malta (2011).