Family law handbook
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Family law handbook
（Legal practice course guides）
Oxford University Press, 2010, c2011
1st ed
- 2011
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Includes index
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Description
The Family Law Handbook takes a highly practical approach to the essential law and procedure at the heart of family law. Providing a comprehensive guide to the key aspects of family law, the handbook focuses on relationship breakdown, money and property, children and domestic abuse. Features include: - Short chapters to focus student learning - Chapter introductions and summaries - Flow charts - Self test questions - Case studies - Realistic scenarios, practical applications and examples. Online Resource Centre Student Resources These include podcasts, case study documentation, updates to the text, and links to useful sites. Lecturer Resources Resources for lecturers include answers to the self-test questions which appear in the book, and a test bank of nearly 100 questions with feedback.
Table of Contents
- PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
- 1. Family law practice and the first interview
- 2. Public funding
- 3. Alternative dispute resolution in family law
- PART TWO: RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN
- 4. Judicial separation and nullity
- 5. Divorce
- 6. Defences to divorce
- 7. Jurisdiction
- 8. Divorce procedure
- 9. Civil partnership act 2004
- 10. Dissolution of a civil partnership
- 11. Cohabitation
- 12. Marriage and divorce in a multi-cultural society
- PART THREE: MONEY AND PROPERTY
- 13. Ancillary relief
- 14. Orders available in ancillary relief
- 15. Pre-marital agreements
- 16. Ancillary relief procedure
- 17. Variation, collection, and enforcement of ancillary relief orders
- 18. Protecting assets and the family home in ancillary relief proceedings
- 19. Separation and maintenance agreements
- 20. Child support
- 21. Pensions in ancillary relief
- 22. Taxation in family law
- 23. Welfare benefits
- 24. Cohabitation and finance
- PART FOUR: CHILDREN
- 25. Introduction to the children act 1989
- 26. Parental responsibility
- 27. Private children law
- 28. Private children law and procedure
- 29. Child abduction
- 30. Children in local authority care
- 31. Emergency protection of children
- 32. Public children procedure
- 33. Case conferences
- PART FIVE: DOMESTIC ABUSE
- 34. Protection under the family law act 1996: non-molestation orders
- 35. Protection under the family law act 1996: occupation orders
- 36. Protection under the family law Act 1996: emergency protection and enforcement
- 37. Protection under the family law Act 1996: procedure
- 38. Protection from harrassment
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