domestic relations
Family legal matters
Domestic relations is the area of law dealing with family matters—marriage, divorce, child custody, adoption, and support obligations.
Courts handling these cases are often called domestic relations courts or family courts.
She practiced domestic relations law for twenty years.
The term emphasizes the legal rather than emotional dimension of family disputes.
- family courtTribunal for household legal matters
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- custody battleLegal contest for parenting rights
- prenuptialBefore the wedding
- custodyProtective care or control
joint custody · best interests of the child · parental rights · annulment · adoption · blended family · broken home · kinship · cohabitation · visitation rights · child support · deadbeat dad · guardianship · mediation · paternity · restraining order · protective order · spouse
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- family courtchild custody, child support, divorce proceedings, custody disputes, family mediation
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- women's rightssuffrage movement, women's suffrage, women's rights, gender equality, feminism
- child custodychild custody, custody order, shared custody, sole custody, joint custody
domestic relationscriminal law
Statutes defining punishable offenses
corporate law · commercial law · business law · criminal defense · intellectual property law
domestic relationsinternational relations
Cross-border political interactions
foreign relations · foreign affairs · international affairs · diplomatic relations · global affairs