Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to family law
  • State intervention in personal relationships
  • Nullity and its consequences
  • Acquisition and protection of rights in the family home
  • Domestic violence
  • Ending relationships
  • Financial consequences of relationships
  • Death and its consequences
  • Parents and family : rights and responsibilities
  • Adoption
  • Adolescent rights : autonomy and participation
  • Children's welfare and private disputes
  • In the child's best interests : the jurisdiction of wardship
  • Child protection : the public law procedure
  • Protecting children from 'significant harm' : constructing the law
  • Financial provision for children.