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  1. Family law

    Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.

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  1. Family law

    Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related matters and domestic relations, including: ⁕marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships; ⁕adoption and surrogacy ⁕child abuse and child abduction ⁕the termination of relationships and ancillary matters, including divorce, annulment, property settlements, alimony, child custody and visitation, child support and alimony awards. ⁕juvenile adjudication ⁕paternity testing and paternity fraud This list is not exhaustive and varies depending on jurisdiction. In many jurisdictions in the United States, the family courts see the most crowded dockets. Litigants representative of all social and economic classes are parties within the system.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of family law in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of family law in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of family law in a Sentence

  1. Zach Meyers:

    In cases that involve victims of corporate human rights abuses, business-versus-consumer cases, and family law -- in those cases, the party that has more financial resources may try to introduce arguments about which country should be hearing the case, and whether a UK court judgment can be enforced, i think that the Commission's being short sighted by treating this solely as a way to withhold a favor from the UK, because this doesn't just negatively affect the UK, it will affect EU nationals too.

  2. Gae Magnafici:

    As the Assembly chair of Family Law, a nurse, and a mom, I am insulted. I’m calling on Governor Evers to stop downplaying womanhood, stop downplaying motherhood, and stop downplaying settled science.

  3. Lisa Stern:

    I have been doing family law for 20 years and I must say this shocks the conscience, i think we have a court with the best interest of children in mind. I think the judge was very concerned about the reunification of this family, but went about it the wrong way.

  4. Ken Paxton:

    The federal government does not have the authority to govern the medical profession and set family policies, including what may constitute child abuse in state family law courts, it is time for the Biden Administration to quit forcing their political agenda.


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