Family Laws
Family Resources
Related Practice Areas
International
- Hague Convention of 24 October 1956 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations Towards Children.
- Hague Convention of 15 April 1958 concerning the recognition and enforcement of decisions relating to maintenance obligations towards children.
- Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Concerning the Powers of Authorities and the Law Applicable in Respect of the Protection of Minors.
- Hague Convention of 15 November 1965 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Decrees Relating to Adoptions
- Hague Convention of 1 June 1970 on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations
- Hague Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions relating to Maintenance Obligations
- Hague Convention of 2 October 1973 on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations
- Hague Convention of 14 March 1978 on the Law Applicable to Matrimonial Property Regimes
- Hague Convention of 14 March 1978 on Celebration and Recognition of the Validity of Marriages
- Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
- Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption
- Hague Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children
- Hague Convention of 13 January 2000 on the International Protection of Adults
State
- Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children. Includes text of the 10 articles and regulations of the compact. From the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC).
- Uniform Matrimonial and Family Laws Locator. Provides links to state laws corresponding to the uniform laws on matrimony and family. From Cornell Law School.
- Alabama Code - Marital and Domestic Relations
- Arizona Code - Children
- Arizona Code - Marital and Domestic Relations
- California Family Code
- Florida Code - Domestic Relations
- Georgia Code - Domestic Relations
- Illinois Code - Families
- Maryland Code - Family Law
- Michigan Code - Children
- Michigan Code - Divorce
- Michigan Code - Marriage
- Nevada Code - Adoption of Children and Adults
- Nevada Code - Custody and Visitation
- Nevada Code - Dissolution of Marriage
- Nevada Code - Interjurisdictional Enforcement of Support
- Nevada Code - Marriage
- Nevada Code - Minors' Disabilities; Judicial Emancipation of Minors
- Nevada Code - Obligation of Support
- Nevada Code - Parentage
- Nevada Code - Premarital Agreements (Uniform Act)
- Nevada Code - Rights of Husband and Wife
- Nevada Code - Termination of Parental Rights
- Nevada Code - Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act
- New York Code - Domestic Relations
- Oregon Code - Husband and Wife Relationship; Property Rights; Premarital Agreements
- Oregon Code - Marital Dissolution, Annulment and Separation; Mediation and Conciliation Services; Family Abuse Prevention
- Oregon Code - Marriage
- Oregon Code - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships
- Oregon Code - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act
- Texas Code - Family
- Washington Code - Domestic Relations