The Relevance Of Family Law In Family Matters

By Rosella Campbell


This law deals with affairs related to domestic and family issues like divorce civil unions, marriage, domestic partnership, surrogacy, adoption, paternity fraud, juvenile adjudication, paternity testing and issues of marital dissolution and the consequent matters such as alimony, child custody, property settlement, annulment and child support. All these issues are dealt with by family law lawyers and judges.

However what is part of this law in one jurisdiction may not be the same in another. In the United States, family courts receive the most cases. In Dallas, one can get legal representation from wonderful team of lawywers found in the various law firms.

One of the major components of this is divorce. It entails the legal formalities the couple has to go through before they can get a marital dissolution. Today there are simplified ways of getting a divorce such as uncontested divorce where there are few disagreements between the couple regarding what they want out of divorce.

Child protection is also captured in this law. Denying a child the right to education, capital punishment, military recruitment of children and other forms of violations are illegal and leads to fines, imprisonment or being deprived of parental privileges.

Matrimonial home is residence the couple was living before separation. Matrimonial home can be more than one; it might be a ski chalet, a summer cottage or a cottage used for vacations in the summer. Under this law, matrimonial home remains absolutely important to the couple and is normally treated differently from other property. Regardless of whose name the property is under, both couples have equal possession. Therefore no one can throw the other out of the matrimonial home.

Child custom is also contained in this property. Physical custody granted to a parent means that he or she has the right to stay with the child. Joint custody is where the two parents have equal access to the child. It normally applies in cases of proximity between the two so as to not disrupt the daily routine of the children. A non custodial parent is allowed to only visit the child in regular intervals.

Legal custody dictates that it is that makes decisions that affects the child, for example where the child will school, the upbringing or the medical care he or she gets. In Dallas, most judicial verdicts have given the parents joint legal custody of the child meaning that decision making is done by both of them.

If legal custody agreement is not adhered to, for example a parent making decisions exclusively without consultation or approval of the other, one is liable to a fine or even a jail sentence. This also creates friction between the parents which is not healthy for the children. In case of neglect, alcohol and drug abuse and any other unfitness, one is denied legal custody to a child.




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