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Author Conway, Helen L

Title Family Law
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (419 pages)
Series Key Facts Key Cases
Key facts key cases.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Table of Cases; Chapter 1. Marriage and Civil Partnership; 1.1 Marriage; 1.2 Nullity; 1.3 Judicial separation; 1.4 Divorce; 1.5 Presumption of death; 1.6 Formation of civil partnerships; 1.7 Nullity and civil partnerships; 1.8 Dissolution of civil partnerships and separation orders; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 2. Family Law Act 1996 Pt IV and Pt IVA; 2.1 Definition of domestic violence; 2.2 Associated persons; 2.3 Relevant children; 2.4 Non-molestation orders; 2.5 Home rights; 2.6 Occupation orders
2.7 Powers of arrest2.8 Undertakings; 2.9 Additional orders (s 40 FLA 1996); 2.10 Exclusion requirements; 2.11 The procedure; 2.12 Forced marriages; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 3. Protection from Harassment Act; 3.1 Criminal offences; 3.2 Civil remedies; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 4. Children's Rights; 4.1 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; 4.2 The European Convention on Human Rights; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 5. Introduction to the Children Act 1989; 5.1 The three main principles of the CA 1989; 5.2 The welfare checklist; Key Cases Checklist
Chapter 6. Parental Responsibility6.1 Definition; 6.2 Who gets parental responsibility?; 6.3 Losing parental responsibility; 6.4 Special guardianship orders; 6.5 Parental responsibility in practice; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 7. Private Child Law; 7.1 Section 8 orders; 7.2 Applying for a section 8 order; 7.3 Section 91(14) orders; 7.4 Children and domestic violence; 7.5 Family assistance orders; 7.6 Procedure for section 8 orders; 7.7 Representation of children in private law proceedings; 7.8 Enforcement of contact proceedings; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 8. Services for Children in Need
8.1 Local authority's duties to investigate8.2 Local authority's duties to children in need; 8.3 Local authority's duties to looked-after children; 8.4 Reviews for looked-after children; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 9. Emergency Child Protection; 9.1 Police protection; 9.2 Child assessment orders; 9.3 Emergency protection orders; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 10. Care and Supervision Orders; 10.1 General principles of public child law; 10.2 Care orders; 10.3 Supervision orders; 10.4 Contact to a child in care (s 34 CA 1989); 10.5 The procedure in public law cases; Key Cases Checklist
Chapter 11. Adoption: The Adoption and Children Act 200211.1 The core principles; 11.2 Who may apply and who may be adopted?; 11.3 Preliminary requirements; 11.4 The pre-conditions for placing a child for adoption; 11.5 Placement orders; 11.6 Adoption orders; 11.7 Dispensing with parental consent; 11.8 Information about adoption; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 12. Challenging the Local Authority; 12.1 Challenging a local authority decision; 12.2 Negligence by the local authority; Key Cases Checklist; Chapter 13. Finances before a Divorce; 13.1 Maintenance agreements
Summary Key Facts and Key Cases: Family Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Family Law module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms: The law relating to marriage and its breakdown Recent developments in money cases All recent cases relating to private and public child law Helen L. Conway is a former practising barrister, now District Judge. She is an experienced law author and has taught law in both the academic and commercial sectors. Key Facts and Key Cases is the essential se
Notes 13.2 Applications under s 27 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
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Subject Domestic relations -- England -- Examinations, questions, etc
Domestic relations -- Wales -- Examinations, questions, etc
Domestic relations
England
Wales
Genre/Form Examinations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781134659913
1134659911