LAW 7110 - Law, Justice and the Family

Credit Hours: 3

A survey of the law of domestic relations from a statutory and common law perspective is the course’s chief aim. Special emphasis will be given to the diverse controversies inherent in the law of the family including annulment, divorce, separation, and other temporary and permanent dissolution agreements. In addition, course coverage weighs and evaluates the controversies and practical difficulties inherent in the division of property, custodial and equitable dissolution awards, and the judicial oversight of parent child relationship. Other topical concerns are visitation, adoption, proof of paternity, questions of incorrigibility and delinquency, adoption, and the diverse forms of litigation tactics so often witnessed in the law of domestic relations. Contemporary dilemmas related to the family will be thoroughly scrutinized and include gay and lesbian adoption, same-sex marriage, the rights of grandparents, state’s right to intrude in family life in matters of medical care and worship, and other controversial claims.