Cohabitation is an arrangement where two people who are not married but live together. They often involve a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become increasingly common in Western countries during the past few decades, being led by changing social ...

Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") refers to any method of settling family law matters or disputes without resorting to litigation in the Family Law Courts. While the two most common forms of ADR are arbitration and mediation, negotiation is almost always attempted first to resolve a dispute. CASE STUDY : Sue and Alex are experiencing problem ...

Child welfare, services and institutions concerned with the physical, social, and psychological well-being of children, particularly children suffering from the effects of poverty or lacking normal parental care and supervision. ... A paramount concern in all family welfare programs is the welfare of children. When we talk of ...

INTRODUCTION “Divorce is an institution only a few weeks later in origin than marriage.” – Voltaire. All major religions have their own laws, which govern divorces within their own community, and there are regulations regarding divorce in inter-faith marriages. Hindus, ...

An order made before 22 April 2014 under section 8 of the Children Act 1989. It names two or more people, who live in different households, with whom a child is to live for periods specified under the order. A shared residence ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals from that circuit's decision. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all state bans onsame-sex marriage, legalized it in all fifty states, and required states to honor out-of-state same-sex marriage licenses in ...

The situation of women in our world today is very important. There are many differences between richer and poorer countries. In industrialized countries birth rates have fallen since the 1960s. One reason is that more and more women have jobs and go to work. They do ...

In the United States, there is no federal law against such discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, but at least twenty-two states and many major cities have enacted laws prohibiting it. People around the world face violence and inequality—and sometimes ...

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary. The evil it does is permanent.” – Mahatma Gandhi Millions of people may immediately relate to this quote. Domestic Violence has no universally accepted ...

An Act to reform the law relating to children; to provide for local authority services for children in need and others; to amend the law with respect to children’s homes, community homes, voluntary homes and voluntary organisations; to make provision ...