FAMILY LAW

By admin | June 18, 2015

family law. 1. The body of law dealing with marriage, divorce, adoption, child custody and

support, child abuse and neglect, paternity, juvenile delinquency, and other domestic-relations

issues. — Also termed domestic relations; domestic-relations law. 2. (More broadly) the bodies of

law dealing with wills and estates, property, constitutional rights, contracts, employment, and

finance as they relate to families.[Blacks Law 8th]