Law & Ethics
Family Law Legal Dictionary
Family law focuses on the bonding and breakup of families: marriage, divorce, child custody, and adoption. Unlike other areas of law the primary motivation is fairness. Since fairness is a fuzzy issue — and opposed to say, contract construction — family law judges have significantly more leeway than judges in other courts.
Family law cases are [...]
Family Law Illustrated: An Introduction
They were a young couple who hadn’t been married for very long. Both had lawyers. Like most litigants — the legal term for the divorcing couple — they looked uncomfortable.
“My client believes that permanent alimony is necessary to the extent that she’ll need medication for the rest of her life,” said her lawyer.
At that time, [...]