Family law

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  1. 5. Money that is earned from work, investments, business, etc.
  2. 8. The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
  3. 9. A set of laws and regulations related to family matters and domestic relations
  4. 11. Property acquired after the parties are married
  5. 14. An agreement that determines the financial rights and obligations of spouses (or future spouses)
  6. 16. The ongoing failure to meet a child's basic needs and is the most common form of childabuse A child may be left hungry or dirty, without adequate clothing, shelter, supervision, medical or health care.
  7. 17. An area of the law that deals with family-related matters and domestic relations
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  1. 1. Committing of criminal acts or offences by a young person, especially one below the age at which ordinary criminal prosecution is possible
  2. 2. A union of a man and a woman, both of whom should be of a marriageable age
  3. 3. An ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship
  4. 4. A way of providing new families for children who cannot be brought up by their birth parents
  5. 6. Physical, emotional, or sexual harm to a child
  6. 7. A lawyer who focuses on representing clients in a divorce and the issues related to divorce
  7. 10. A person who has not yet reached the legal age
  8. 12. The identity of a child's father
  9. 13. A life partner in a marriage, civil union
  10. 14. A socially or ritually recognised union between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them
  11. 15. custody The right to provide day-to-day care for the child after divorce