Family Law is a generic term addressing issues pertaining to marital relationships, live-in relationships and relationships between parents and children as well as violence between family, friends or acquaintances.
Some of the areas governed by Family Law are: Pre-Nuptial Agreements, Legitimacy, Adoption, Same-Sex marriage, Living Together, Legal Separation, Annulment/ Divorce/Dissolution of Marriage, Paternity Claims, Fertility and Surrogacy, Petition for Child Custody and Visitation, Child Support, Spousal Support/ Alimony, Foster Care, Domestic Violence, Restraining Orders, Property Settlements and Senior Law and enforcement of family law judgments or orders.
An emerging procedure in the Family Law area is the recourse to Mediation and Collaborative Law Procedures as an alternate to Litigation.