Family Law Book

	Preface
	Table of statutes
	List of cases
Pt. I	Husband and Wife
Ch. 1	Introduction	3
Ch. 2	Marriage	20
Ch. 3	Void and voidable marriages	72
Ch. 4	The effects of marriage	105
Ch. 5	Physical protection	148
Ch. 6	The termination of marriage	180
Pt. II	The Law Relating to Children
Ch. 7	The Children Act 1989	247
Ch. 8	Parents and children	260
Ch. 9	Parental responsibIlity	297
Ch. 10	General principles under the Children Act 1989	336
Ch. 11	The court's powers to make orders under Part II of the Children Act 1989	348
Ch. 12	Guardianship	395
Ch. 13	Adoption	408
Ch. 14	Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction	458
Ch. 15	International parental child abduction	484
Ch. 16	Children and local authorities	496
Pt. III	Property and Financial Provision
Ch. 17	Rights in property created and affected by the relationship of spouses and married cohabitants	555
Ch. 18	The matrimonial home	585
Ch. 19	Rights in property affected by the relationship of parent and child	642
Ch. 20	Financial support for the members of the family	649
Ch. 21	Financial relief for members of the family on divorce, nullity and Judicial separation	720
Ch. 22	Property and financial provision on the death of a member of the family	806
	Appendix A Business assigned to the Family Division of the High Court	853
	Appendix B Prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity	854
	Appendix C Orders relating to financial relief under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973	855
	Appendix D Contracting States to the European and Hague Conventions on International Child Abduction	856
	Index	859