Cretney's Principles of Family Law - 9780421960107

Product Description

As the leading textbook on this subject for the last 30 years, Cretney's Principles of Family Law:

Provides discussions of legal principles combined with authoritative discussion of policy, practice issues and relevant empirical research
Covers all main areas of family law including formal and informal relationships, as well as child law and financial and property matters
Continues to be not just an explanation of the law as it stands, but an account of its historical background
Includes an analysis of the factors underlying its development and a prompt to encourage discussion of the law's effectiveness in a contemporary society
Discusses key policy developments including the Law Commission's work on cohabitation law reform; Civil Partnerships; Welfare to Work; Care Matters; and the Public Law Outline
Updates the reader with the latest legislative developments including those resulting from: Civil Partnership Act 2004, Gender Recognition Act 2004, Domestic Violence, Crimes and Victims Act 2004, Children Act 2004 and the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007
Examines the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill; the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill and the Children and Young Persons Bill and the impact these will have on family law once enacted
Has coverage of all significant case law including: Ghaidan v Godin-Mendoza, Miller v. Miller, McFarlane v. McFarlane, Charman v Charman, Oxley v Hiscock, Stack v. Dowden, Re G, and Wilkinson v Kitzinger

Contents

Formal relationships

Marriage ceremonies and the registration of civil partnerships
Capacity to marry or form a civil partnership
The legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership

Family property

Introduction - entitlement to family assets
Family assets - ownership and protection
State support for families
Devolution of family property on death
Reform of family property law: the future

Family breakdown

Protection from violence and harassment
Divorce and dissolution
Judicial separation and separation orders
Termination of marriage by death
Financial consequences of marital breakdown

Child support obligations

Child support
Enforcement of financial obligations

Children and family law

Children

Parents
Court proceedings
Exercise of the court's discretion: the welfare principle
Child abduction
Local authorities
Adoption

Reviews

"For anyone interested in, studying or practising in this area of law, Cretney's Principles of Family Law is an indispensible guide to the law. Its accessibility and authoritative coverage of the issues mean it can be used by both experienced and inexperienced lawyers." Student Law Journal