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Family Law - Coggle Diagram
Family Law
Parents and Children
Establishing parenthood
Nonmarital children
Termination of parental rights
Voluntary relinquishment of parental rights
Involuntary relinquishment of parental rights
Due Process Concerns
Notice
Hearing
Emancipation
Financial independence
Minor who marries before age of majority
Age of majority set by statute
Considerations
Neglect
Abuse
Abandonment
Adoption
Dissolution of Marriage
Visitation
Money Issues
Maintenance
Lump sum maintenance
Rehabilitative maintenance
Periodic Maintenance
Reimbursement maintenance
Property division
Child Support
Child Custody
Determined by Best Interest of the child
Marriage
Establishing Marriage
Procedural requirements of formal marriage
License
Solemnization: ceremony performed by an authorized official
Common law marriage
few states recognize
Issue still relevant for recognition by another state
Basis-Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution
Second state must recognize a valid marriage from another state
Requirements
Consent
Cohabitation
Holding out as husband and wife
Legal capacity
Limitations on marriage
Age
Not closely related
Capacity
Mental capacity: understand the nature of the marriage contract
Lack of consent: intoxication
Fraud
Prior marriage still in force
Antenuptial agreements