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

The Key Facts and Key Cases revision series is designed to give you a clear understanding and concise overview of the fundamental principles of your law course. The books' chapters reflect the most commonly taught topics, breaking the law down into bite-size sections with descriptive headings. Diagrams, tables and bullet points are used throughout to make the law easy to understand and remember, and comprehensive case checklists are provided for each chapter that show the principles and application of case law for your subject.

1. Marriage and Civil Partnership 2. Family Law Act 1996 Pt IV and Pt IVA 3. Protection from Harassment Act
4. Children's Rights 5. Introduction to the Children Act 1989 6. Parental Responsibility 7. Private Child Law
8. Services for Children in Need 9. Emergency Child Protection 10. Care and Supervision Orders 11. Adoption: the Adoption and Children Act 2002 12. Challenging the Local Authority 13. Finances before a Divorce 14. Financial Remedies - finances after a divorce/dissolution of civil partnership 15. Child Support 16. Financial applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.