Family law

Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage. Divorce usually entails canceling or reorganising the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage according to the law of the particular country or state.

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thumb|right|250px|Sister Irene of New York Foundling Hospital with children. Sister Irene is among the pioneers of modern adoption, establishing a system to board out children rather than institutionalize them. Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from the biological parents to the adoptive parents.

area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations

Alimony, also called aliment (Scotland), maintenance (England, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Wales, Canada, New Zealand), spousal support (U.S., Canada) and spousal maintenance (Australia), is a legal obligation on a person to provide financial support to their spouse before or after marital separation or divorce. The obligation varies depending on the divorce law or family law of each country and prenuptial agreements. In most jurisdictions, it is distinct from child support, where, after divorce, one parent is required to contribute to the support of their children by paying money t

marriage performed, recorded, and recognized by a government official

adoption of children by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons

family policy measure in which an employee can take time off to care for their children

marriage for practical reasons (not love)

guardianship of an underage person

form of human trafficking defined as the "recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt" of a child for the purpose of exploitation

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type of marriage with no formal ceremony

marriage of convenience entered into without intending to create a real marital relationship

rights of children in Islam

authorised prolonged absence from work

parenting of children by same-sex couples

Legitimation, legitimization (US), or legitimisation (UK) is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an act, process, or ideology becomes legitimate by its attachment to norms and values within a given society. It is the process of making something acceptable and normative to a group or audience.

legal status of a child born to parents who are legally married (or later granted trought legitimization)

child custody arrangement

thumb|300px|Forced heirship rules by country In civil law and Roman law, the legitime (), also known as a forced share or legal right share, of a decedent's estate is that portion of the estate from which they cannot disinherit their children, or their parents, without sufficient legal cause. The word comes from French , meaning "rightful heir."

Richard Gardner theory of one parent encourages their child to distance themselves from the other parent.

Statistics on divorces by country/region

practice of a husband selling his wife

child rights principle

ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or relationship

Filiation is the legal term for the recognized legal status of the relationship between family members, or more specifically the legal relationship between parent and child. As described by the Government of Quebec:

court order whereby custody of a child is awarded to both parties

court dealing with matters of family law

legal concept of who is a father of a child

thumb|Dower agreement (Proikosymfono) before wedding at Kastoria, Greece, (1905). Source: Folkloric Museum of Kastoria

thumb|A father disowning his daughter in the 1913 film ''The Jew's Christmas'' Disownment occurs when a parent, sibling, or relative renounces or no longer accepts a child or relative as a family member. It might be due to actions perceived as reprehensible or lead to severe emotional consequences. Different from giving a child up for adoption, disownment is a social and interpersonal act and may take place later in the child's life, which means that the disowned child would have to make arrangements for future care. Among other things, it implies no responsibility for future care, making it s

Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents. In many modern western societies foster care can be organised by the state to care for children with troubled family backgrounds, usually on a temporary basis. In many pre-modern societies fosterage was a form of patronage, whereby influential families cemented political relationships by bringing up each other's children, similar to arranged marriages, also based on dynastic or alliance calculations.

laws relating to sexual intercourse between relatives

Spanish Royal title for men

person under protection of a legal guardian

deliberate misidentification of a man as the biological father of a child

aspect of history

child without the presence of a legal guardian

concept of family law

common law rule of evidence that states that a child born within the subsistence of a marriage is deemed to be the child of the husband

marriage that is unlawful or invalid under the laws of the jurisdiction where it is entered

type of employment discrimination that occurs when expectant women are fired, not hired, or otherwise discriminated against due to their pregnancy or intention to become pregnant

process whereby a man is recognised as the father of a child

moral or legal rights of the human fetus

political issue

legal process letting couples wanting to divorce to work with lawyers, coaches and finance professionals to achieve a settlement without litigation

type of adoption used by a stepparent where the legal rights of the non-married biological parent is not terminated

form of human trafficking

European Union regulation

selling children

non-religious ceremony at the occasion of the birth or naming of a child

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movement of children to another area without a guardian

legal disputes in family matters

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