The fourth edition of Family Law provides a comprehensive guide to family law legislation and practice in Ireland. It is an essential tool for family law students and practitioners but also for those outside of the legal profession whose work crosses over this area of law, and those with a general interest in how family law operates in Ireland.

1. Taking Instructions in Family Law ; 2. Nullity ; 3. Separation Agreements ; 4. Judicial Separation and Divorce ; 5. Maintenance ; 6. Ancillary Orders, Procedure and Discovery on Judicial Separation and Divorce ; 7. Pensions on Separation and Divorce ; 8. Recognition of Foreign Divorce Decrees ; 9. Tax Implications of Marriage Breakdown ; 10. Domestic Violence ; 11. Child Law ; 12. The Non-Marital Family ; 13. Child Abduction

This manual provides an authoritative account of Irish family law legislation and procedure, and is the core text for the Law Society of Ireland's Family Law Professional Practice Course Written by Ireland's expert in child law and the country's representative on the Commission on European Family Law, the book offers clear and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of current family law practice in Ireland The manual deals with a number of key issues such as divorce legislation, separation agreements and the law relating to children, and will be an essential reference for students and practitioners alike The fourth edition has been fully updated to include all recent developments in family law, particularly in the light of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitees Act 2010 Family Law is part of the successful Law Society of Ireland Manuals series which provides a unique guide to the law, practice and procedure in Ireland

This manual provides an authoritative account of Irish family law legislation and procedure, and is the core text for the Law Society of Ireland's Family Law Professional Practice Course Written by Ireland's expert in child law and the country's representative on the Commission on European Family Law, the book offers clear and comprehensive coverage of all aspects of current family law practice in Ireland The manual deals with a number of key issues such as divorce legislation, separation agreements and the law relating to children, and will be an essential reference for students and practitioners alike The fourth edition has been fully updated to include all recent developments in family law, particularly in the light of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitees Act 2010 Family Law is part of the successful Law Society of Ireland Manuals series which provides a unique guide to the law, practice and procedure in Ireland