Family law incorporates many areas of the law: marriage, divorce, adoption, and child custody. State and federal laws are frequently involved in the governance of this area of the law. Family law involving marital and divorce issues answers questions involving:
These are some of the many areas covered under the umbrella of “family law”.
Adoption law concerns the process and placement of children in the adoption process. The adoption area has its own set of issues. It certainly is not “clear cut”. Some of the questions in adoption concern: