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Family Law
Overview
Family Law is a multi-faceted area of law that deals with family relations. Family law encompasses such areas as: adoption, child custody and visitation, children's rights, child support, spousal support (alimony), separation agreements, civilian and military divorce (dissolution of marriage), marital property division (equitable division), elder law matters, estate planning, estates and trusts, wills and will contests, probate, insurance, cohabitation agreements, pre-marital (pre-nuptial) agreements, marriage and other legal issues pertinent to the family.
Types of Family Law
Family law is a broad area of litigation that covers a wide variety of issues between family members and other relations. Family law is divided into a number of very diverse fields. It is split primarily into two sections, one of which involves divorce and marital issues, and the other that involves custody and family situations.
Marriage-related family law includes:
- Divorce
- Annulments
- Spousal Support
- Child Custody
- Child Support
- Separation
- Pre and postnuptial agreements
- Name Changes, both before and after marriage
Other types of family law include:
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Dependency law
- Adoption
- Restraining orders
- Visitation
- Guardianships
- Conservatorships (Elder Law)
- Emancipation
- Juvenile delinquencies/dependencies
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