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Family law is an area of the law that deals with family-related issues and domestic relations including, but not limited to: This list is by no means dispositive of the potential issues that come through the family court system. 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. Because the family courts are notoriously underfunded and see a relatively large proportion of economically dependent litigants, a common criticism levied is that the system inherently prejudices the needs of these disadvantaged parties. For the Conflict of Laws elements dealing with transnational and interstate issues, see marriage (conflict), divorce (conflict) and nullity (conflict).
See also Different jurisdictions Research Further reading International USA Australia England Scotland Japan Tokyo High Court Sweden v. Yamaguchi, or In the Matter of Mary Ann Vaughn 1956 | ||||||||
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