Family Law

The general survey course will canvas the law governing divorce, child support, spousal support, matrimonial property rights, and domestic contracts. The course begins with laws role in the creation and dissolution of the family unit, that is marriage and divorce. The course then focuses on the legal regulation of financial and parenting relationships, and the role of law in restructuring these relationships on family breakdown, considering the rights and responsibilities of family members. Students will have an opportunity to carefully examine the governing statutes and the important cases that have established important family law principles.