Family Law

Family Law

Family Law provides a comprehensive foundation in the key topics covered by courses. It explains the basic principles of the law and practice in their social, economic and historic context, enabling the reader to understand the doctrinal and practical impact of current radical changes in family law in response to cultural and other influences. This second edition has been fully updated in the light of on-going changes to the family justice system including:

Modernisation of family justice

including the new Family Court

Atypical formation of the contemporary family

genetic, adoptive, social or through HAR

Proposed administrative extra-judicial divorce process

Financial orders on married and unmarried family relationship breakdown

Enhanced parental responsibility

‘Parental Agreements’ and ‘Child Arrangement Orders’

Treatment of post separation parenting

and the new DWP child support system

Reforms to public child law

including changes to adoption

Same-sex marriage and the impact on traditional marriage and cohabitation

Visit the companion website for practice questions, updates to the law and podcasts by the author at

http://www.routledge.com/cw/burton-9780415583640