Questions & Answers Family Law 2005-2006

by Barton, Chris; Hibbs, Mary

• ISBN13: 9780199276523
• ISBN10: 0199276528
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-24
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

Blackstone's Law Questions and Answers Series gives students the opportunity to practise their exam techniques and evaluate and assess their progress. The fourth edition of this popular student text builds upon its past successes in showing undergraduates how to translate their knowledge of family and child law into a successful and confident approach to coursework and exams. It demonstrates, by example, how to attack problems and essay questions in family and child law.

Author Biography

Chris Barton is Vice-President of the Family Mediators Association and formerly Professor of Family Law, Staffordshire University. Mary Hibbs is a Solicitor and formerly Senior Lecturer, Staffordshire University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Table of Cases	ix
Table of Statutes	xvi
Table of Rules and Regulations	xxii
Introduction: technique for exams and coursework	1	(9)
Family law: cohabitation, weddings and marriage	10	(14)
Nullity	24	(12)
Divorce and judicial separation	36	(21)
Domestic violence	57	(22)
Children: general principles, status and wardship	79	(21)
Assisted reproduction	100	(10)
Adoption	110	(10)
Children: private ordering	120	(20)
Children and the local authority	140	(20)
International child abduction	160	(10)
Property rights	170	(16)
Ancillary financial relief for adults: the courts	186	(15)
Child support: the state and the court	201	(10)
Domestic partnership contracts	211	(8)
Putting it all together	219	(26)
Index	245