The family, law & society - Hale, Brenda (Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009)
1. The family and the law -- 2. Relationship recognition: marriage and civil partnership -- 3. Making ends meet: family resources and state support -- 4. Divorce and the dissolution of civil partnership -- 5. Financial provision on divorce -- 6. Financial provision for separating cohabitants -- 7. Dangerous families -- 8. Parents, children and family life -- 9. Becoming a parent -- 10. When parent start -- 11. Social services for children and families -- 12. The permanency principle: who are my family?
"Cases and metarials" -- Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Domestic relations -- England; Domestic relations -- Wales; Family policy -- England; Family policy -- Wales