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Placing key judgments and expert commentary at your fingertips, Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials presents everything the undergraduate student needs in one volume. Drawing on their extensive experience, the authors offer a detailed and authoritative exposition of family law illustrated by materials carefully selected from a wide range of sources.

The book has two principal aims: to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the law relating to the family, and to do so in a way that stimulates critical reflection on that law. Readers are encouraged to consider how and why the law has developed as it has, what policies it is seeking to pursue, whether it achieves the right balance between the rights and interests of individual family members and the wider public interest, and how it operates in practice.


Online Resource Centre

The text is supported by a substantial Online Resource Centre, which features regular updates on the law, further reading suggestions, and revision questions to accompany each chapter.

The website also features supplementary coverage on the following topics:
Introduction to family law
Family relationships between adults
Family property and finances
Domestic violence
Financial and property provision for children
Property and finances when relationships end
Child protection

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"Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials is a fantastic core text offering a thorough explanation and exploration of the essential areas covered in most family law courses. It offers a perceptive analysis of controversial issues including appropriate contextual material to enable students to really engage with both law and policy." * Dr Therese Callus, Associate Professor of Law, University of Reading * "Engaging and appropriately pitched for my undergraduate students. Its clear and accessible content has something to offer students of all abilities." * Dr Sara Fovargue, Reader in Law, Univerity of Lancaster * "Family Law: Text, Cases, and Materials draws extensively on a broad range of sources from statutes and case law to academic commentary and official reports. The authors deftly and seamlessly integrate these sources alongside their own, often critical and challenging, views in such a way that encourages students to look beyond the mere black letter of the law and consider the effects that these legal provisions have on families in society." * Philip Bremner, Lecturer, University of Sussex * "A first-rate text with analysis by experts in the field, which usefully highlights the intersection between family law and other areas of law." * Dr Andy Hayward, Lecturer in Family Law, Durham University * "Chosen by a focus group of my students as their favourite of the family law texts available, this book provides an approachable, comprehensive review of the law. Using extracts from key materials, the authors analyse the effectiveness of the law and its underlying messages, putting the law in a critical context that is thought-provoking and accessible." * Polly Morgan, Lecturer in Law, University of East Anglia * "An excellent resource which allows students to broaden their reading and consider key debates." * Dr Sharon Thompson, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University *

Table of Cases xxvii
Table of Statutes xlvii
Table of Statutory Instruments lxii
Table of International Instruments lxiv
Abbreviations lxvi
1 Introduction To Family Law 1(28)
1.1 Families and family law in England and Wales today
1(2)
1.1.1 What is 'family'?
1(1)
1.1.2 What is family law?
2(1)
1.2 Themes and issues in contemporary family law
3(25)
1.2.1 A rights-based approach to the family?
3(8)
1.2.2 Rules versus discretion
11(2)
1.2.3 Women's and men's perspectives on family law
13(4)
1.2.4 Gender identity
17(1)
1.2.5 Sexual orientation
18(2)
1.2.6 Cultural diversity
20(2)
1.2.7 State intervention versus private ordering
22(6)
1.3 Concluding thoughts
28(1)
2 Family Relationships Between Adults 29(94)
2.1 Introduction
29(2)
2.2 Family relationships in England and Wales
31(3)
2.2.1 Marriage and civil partnership
31(2)
2.2.2 Cohabitation
33(1)
2.2.3 Other relationships within and between households
34(1)
2.3 Gender identity and sexual orientation
34(20)
2.3.1 Determining gender
34(2)
2.3.2 Same-sex relationships: the road to same-sex marriage
36(18)
2.4 Status-based relationships: marriage and civil partnership
54(6)
2.4.1 The nature of marriage and civil partnership
54(2)
2.4.2 The significance of status
56(2)
2.4.3 A right to marry, or not to marry?
58(2)
2.5 Creating a valid marriage or civil partnership
60(6)
2.5.1 The law of nullity: void, voidable, and non-marriages
60(2)
2.5.2 The practical importance of the law of nullity
62(1)
2.5.3 Formal requirements for creating marriage and civil partnership
62(4)
2.6 Grounds on which a marriage or civil partnership is void
66(17)
2.6.1 Capacity to marry or form a civil partnership
66(11)
2.6.2 Disregard of formal requirements
77(6)
2.7 Grounds on which a marriage or civil partnership is voidable
83(22)
2.7.1 Lack of valid consent
84(11)
2.7.2 Mental disorder rendering person 'unfit' for marriage or civil partnership
95(1)
2.7.3 The respondent was pregnant by another at the time of the ceremony
96(1)
2.7.4 Grounds relating to gender recognition
96(1)
2.7.5 A ground unique to marriage: venereal disease
97(1)
2.7.6 Grounds unique to opposite-sex marriage: failure to consummate
98(7)
2.8 Non-formalized relationships: cohabitants and other 'family'
105(17)
2.8.1 Identifying 'family'
106(5)
2.8.2 Cohabitants
111(6)
2.8.3 The platonic, non-conjugal family
117(5)
2.9 Conclusion
122(1)
3 Family Property And Finances 123(88)
3.1 Introduction
123(2)
3.2 The social context
125(3)
3.2.1 The family home
125(1)
3.2.2 The family economy
126(2)
3.3 Family property systems: separate property
128(3)
3.3.1 The old law of husband and wife
128(1)
3.3.2 Reform: separate property and separate liability for spouses
129(2)
3.4 The current law: ascertaining ownership of land
131(37)
3.4.1 Transfers and express trusts: formal requirements
131(3)
3.4.2 Implied trusts of land and proprietary estoppel: introduction
134(1)
3.4.3 Implied trusts of land: the presumptions of resulting trust and advancement
134(2)
3.4.4 Implied trusts of land: 'common intention' constructive trusts
136(19)
3.4.5 Proprietary estoppel
155(2)
3.4.6 Improvement to property by spouse or civil partner
157(1)
3.4.7 Criticisms of the current law relating to ownership of land
157(11)
3.5 The current law: ascertaining ownership of other property
168(4)
3.5.1 Express trusts of other property
170(1)
3.5.2 Bank accounts
171(1)
3.6 Family property systems: options for reform
172(14)
3.6.1 Basic questions for reform of family property law
172(2)
3.6.2 Community of property regimes
174(2)
3.6.3 Joint ownership of home, contents, and other assets
176(4)
3.6.4 But is community or joint ownership appropriate?
180(3)
3.6.5 Modified trusts law for the 'shared home'
183(1)
3.6.6 Should we focus on 'ownership' during relationships at all?
184(2)
3.7 Rights in relation to the family home and its contents
186(11)
3.7.1 Rights to occupy the family home
187(6)
3.7.2 Decision-making about sale and other transactions relating to the family home
193(3)
3.7.3 Protecting occupation against third parties
196(1)
3.7.4 Rights regarding the contents of the family home
196(1)
3.8 Family finances
197(13)
3.8.1 Private law
198(3)
3.8.2 Families in the tax and benefit systems
201(9)
3.9 Conclusion
210(1)
4 Domestic Violence 211(84)
4.1 Introduction
211(2)
4.2 Background issues: domestic violence and key policy questions
213(15)
4.2.1 Defining 'domestic violence'
213(1)
4.2.2 Evidence about domestic violence
214(5)
4.2.3 Feminist critiques of domestic violence law, policy, and practice
219(4)
4.2.4 The human rights dimension
223(5)
4.3 The criminal law and domestic violence
228(4)
4.3.1 The criminal law
228(1)
4.3.2 The criminal justice system
229(3)
4.4 The civil law and domestic violence: introduction
232(1)
4.5 The Family Law Act 1996, Part IV
233(39)
4.5.1 The range of relationships covered: 'associated persons'
234(5)
4.5.2 Non-molestation orders
239(5)
4.5.3 Occupation orders
244(22)
4.5.4 A human rights audit of the occupation order scheme
266(2)
4.5.5 Applications, orders, and undertakings
268(4)
4.6 Enforcement of orders under the FLA 1996
272(14)
4.6.1 Occupation orders
272(4)
4.6.2 Non-molestation orders
276(6)
4.6.3 Sanctions for breach in the family court
282(4)
4.7 Third party action to protect victims
286(6)
4.7.1 The CSA 2010: domestic violence protection notices and orders
287(1)
4.7.2 Pros and cons of third party action
288(4)
4.8 The future: integrated domestic abuse proceedings?
292(2)
4.9 Conclusion
294(1)
5 Ending Relationships: Divorce And Separation 295(70)
5.1 Introduction
295(2)
5.2 The rise in divorce
297(3)
5.2.1 Divorces in England and Wales
297(2)
5.2.2 Who divorces?
299(1)
5.3 The nature, function, and limits of divorce law
300(4)
5.3.1 Regulation or regularization?
300(1)
5.3.2 Fault or 'no-fault'?
301(1)
5.3.3 'Easier' or 'harder' divorce and supporting the institution of marriage
301(1)
5.3.4 Can divorce law affect marital and divorcing behaviour?
302(1)
5.3.5 A legal or non-legal approach?
303(1)
5.4 A brief history of divorce law to 1969
304(1)
5.5 The present law of divorce and judicial separation
305(38)
5.5.1 The ground for divorce: irretrievable breakdown of marriage
306(1)
5.5.2 The facts: adultery by the respondent
307(3)
5.5.3 The facts: behaviour of the respondent
310(8)
5.5.4 The facts: desertion for two years by the respondent
318(3)
5.5.5 The separation facts
321(6)
5.5.6 Bars and other restrictions on divorce
327(5)
5.5.7 The procedure for divorce
332(8)
5.5.8 The facts in practice
340(2)
5.5.9 Judicial separation
342(1)
5.6 Evaluation of the current law
343(5)
5.7 Options for reform of divorce law and the process of divorce
348(11)
5.7.1 Reaffirming the centrality of fault?
349(4)
5.7.2 Divorce by mutual consent?
353(1)
5.7.3 Divorce on unilateral demand?
354(1)
5.7.4 Divorce as a process over time
355(4)
5.8 Where next for English divorce law?
359(4)
5.8.1 The fate of the FLA 1996 scheme
359(2)
5.8.2 Recent divorce reform proposals
361(2)
5.9 Conclusion
363(2)
6 Financial Provision For Children 365(78)
6.1 Introduction
365(3)
6.2 A brief history of financial provision for children
368(7)
6.2.1 Public and private law obligations to maintain children prior to 1993
368(2)
6.2.2 The birth, development, and demise of the Child Support Agency
370(2)
6.2.3 The new scheme and the CMS
372(3)
6.3 Overview of the current law
375(1)
6.3.1 The parties' relationships
375(1)
6.3.2 CMS or court?
376(1)
6.4 Child support: the current law
376(25)
6.4.1 The relevant parties
377(1)
6.4.2 General principles
378(1)
6.4.3 Application to CMS
379(1)
6.4.4 The maintenance calculation
380(5)
6.4.5 Variations
385(3)
6.4.6 Termination of the calculation
388(1)
6.4.7 Enforcement of child maintenance
388(12)
6.4.8 Challenging CMS decisions
400(1)
6.5 Court-based provision: the current law
401(16)
6.5.1 Lump sum and property-related orders
401(1)
6.5.2 Periodical payments
401(4)
6.5.3 The statutory schemes
405(3)
6.5.4 The grounds for orders and the courts' discretion
408(2)
6.5.5 Principles from the case law
410(7)
6.5.6 Enforcement of court orders
417(1)
6.6 'Family-based arrangements' and other private ordering
417(3)
6.6.1 Private ordering of maintenance
417(3)
6.6.2 Private ordering of other financial issues for children
420(1)
6.7 Policy questions relating to financial support of children
420(22)
6.7.1 Children's rights or parents' responsibilities?
421(3)
6.7.2 Public and private
424(6)
6.7.3 Legal and social parenthood
430(7)
6.7.4 The policy choices behind the formula
437(3)
6.7.5 Rules or discretion?
440(2)
6.8 Conclusion
442(1)
7 Property And Finances When Relationships End 443(94)
7.1 Introduction
444(1)
7.2 The social context
444(2)
7.3 Remedies on divorce: the orders available
446(5)
7.3.1 Financial provision
447(1)
7.3.2 Property adjustment and orders for sale
448(2)
7.3.3 Orders relating to pensions
450(1)
7.3.4 When may orders be made?
450(1)
7.3.5 After the order
451(1)
7.4 The principles governing the grant of relief: an introduction
451(5)
7.4.1 A brief history
452(2)
7.4.2 The current law: the statutory discretion
454(2)
7.5 Exercising the statutory discretion: principles from the case law
456(42)
7.5.1 First consideration: the welfare of the children
458(1)
7.5.2 The 'everyday case': meeting the parties' material needs
458(10)
7.5.3 Compensation: relationship-generated economic disadvantage
468(5)
7.5.4 Entitlement: equal sharing
473(17)
7.5.5 Reform?
490(3)
7.5.6 The parties' conduct
493(5)
7.6 Achieving finality on divorce
498(7)
7.6.1 Terminating ongoing financial relations between the parties
498(3)
7.6.2 The clean break in practice
501(1)
7.6.3 Applications to set aside and for leave to appeal final orders
502(3)
7.7 Private ordering: marital agreements
505(20)
7.7.1 Consent orders
505(4)
7.7.2 Separation and maintenance agreements
509(4)
7.7.3 Post-nuptial agreements
513(1)
7.7.4 Pre-nuptial agreements
514(6)
7.7.5 Reform?
520(5)
7.8 Remedies on other types of family relationship breakdown
525(11)
7.8.1 The general law applies
525(1)
7.8.2 Remedies for the benefit of children
525(1)
7.8.3 Disputes regarding the former family home
526(3)
7.8.4 Private ordering
529(3)
7.8.5 New statutory remedies for cohabitants?
532(4)
7.9 Conclusion
536(1)
8 Fundamental Principles In The Law Relating To Children 537(60)
8.1 Introduction
538(1)
8.2 The welfare principle
539(16)
8.2.1 The paramountcy of the child's welfare
539(7)
8.2.2 Criticisms of the welfare principle
546(9)
8.3 Alternatives to the welfare principle
555(1)
8.3.1 Re-conceptualizing the welfare principle
555(4)
8.4 A rights-based approach to child-related disputes
559(9)
8.4.1 Establishing a 'right' under Article 8(1)
559(1)
8.4.2 Establishing a breach of Article 8(1)
560(1)
8.4.3 Justifying a breach under Article 8(2)
561(1)
8.4.4 Can the paramountcy principle be reconciled with Article 8?
561(7)
8.5 Children's rights
568(22)
8.5.1 Are children's rights important?
569(3)
8.5.2 The theoretical foundations of children's rights
572(5)
8.5.3 The development of children's rights in English law
577(2)
8.5.4 Children's rights in the courts
579(10)
8.5.5 Children's rights and the ECHR
589(1)
8.6 Non-intervention in private family life
590(5)
8.7 The inherent jurisdiction of the High Court
595(1)
8.8 Conclusion
596(1)
9 Becoming A Legal Parent And The Consequences Of Legal Parenthood 597(69)
9.1 Introduction
598(1)
9.2 Concepts of parenthood and possible approaches to determining legal parenthood
599(6)
9.2.1 What is a 'parent'?
599(2)
9.2.2 The importance of legal parenthood
601(1)
9.2.3 Competing approaches to determining a child's legal parents
602(3)
9.3 Determining parenthood in the context of natural reproduction
605(18)
9.3.1 Establishing maternity
605(1)
9.3.2 Establishing paternity
606(17)
9.4 Determining parenthood in the context of assisted reproduction
623(30)
9.4.1 The brave new world of assisted reproduction
623(2)
9.4.2 Access to treatment: is parenthood a right or a privilege?
625(10)
9.4.3 Determining parenthood under the HFEA 2008
635(10)
9.4.4 The child's right to know his or her genetic parentage
645(8)
9.5 Surrogacy
653(11)
9.5.1 Early attitudes to surrogacy
653(1)
9.5.2 The statutory framework for surrogacy
654(10)
9.6 Adoption
664(1)
9.7 Conclusion
664(2)
10 Parental Responsibility 666(62)
10.1 Introduction
667(1)
10.2 What is parental responsibility?
668(6)
10.2.1 From rights to responsibility
668(5)
10.2.2 Defining parental responsibility
673(1)
10.3 How is parental responsibility obtained?
674(16)
10.3.1 Mothers
674(1)
10.3.2 Fathers and second female parents under ss 42 and 43 of the HFEA 2008
675(7)
10.3.3 'Alternative families'
682(3)
10.3.4 Step-parents
685(2)
10.3.5 Holders of a child arrangements order
687(2)
10.3.6 Special guardians
689(1)
10.3.7 Guardians
689(1)
10.3.8 Adoption
689(1)
10.3.9 Local authorities
690(1)
10.4 Who should have parental responsibility?
690(11)
10.4.1 The arguments for further reform
691(1)
10.4.2 Arguments against conferring equal status on unmarried fathers
692(6)
10.4.3 Reviewing the current position
698(3)
10.5 Exercising parental responsibility
701(20)
10.5.1 A duty to consult or a right of unilateral action?
701(7)
10.5.2 Limitations on the exercise of parental responsibility
708(10)
10.5.3 Would a rights-based approach be preferable?
718(3)
10.6 Terminating parental responsibility
721(4)
10.6.1 Mothers, married fathers, and second female parents under s 42 of the HFEA 2008
721(1)
10.6.2 Unmarried fathers, second female parents under s 43 of the HFEA 2008, and step-parents
722(3)
10.6.3 Guardians, special guardians, and others
725(1)
10.7 Caring for children without parental responsibility
725(1)
10.8 Conclusion
726(2)
11 Private Disputes Over Children 728(92)
11.1 Introduction
729(1)
11.2 Private law orders under the Children Act 1989
730(1)
11.3 Procedural matters germane to all s 8 orders
731(12)
11.3.1 When may a s 8 order be made?
731(1)
11.3.2 Who may apply for a s 8 order?
731(5)
11.3.3 The participation of children in private law disputes
736(7)
11.4 General principles applicable to all s 8 orders
743(2)
11.5 Child arrangements orders: introduction
745(1)
11.6 Child arrangements orders: living arrangements
746(39)
11.6.1 A 'presumption' in favour of the mother?
746(4)
11.6.2 A `presumption' in favour of the status quo?
750(2)
11.6.3 Victims of gender discrimination: mothers, fathers, or both?
752(2)
11.6.4 Other important considerations in disputes between parents
754(6)
11.6.5 Shared living arrangements
760(14)
11.6.6 An alternative approach: a 'primary carer' presumption?
774(1)
11.6.7 A 'presumption' in favour of a natural parent?
775(7)
11.6.8 Effect of a child arrangements order which determines living arrangements
782(3)
11.7 Child arrangements orders: spending time and otherwise having contact with people
785(24)
11.7.1 A 'presumption' in favour of orders to spend time or have contact?
785(9)
11.7.2 Displacing the 'presumption'
794(8)
11.7.3 Enforcing orders to spend time or have contact
802(5)
11.7.4 Taking contact out of the courts
807(2)
11.8 Specific issue and prohibited steps orders
809(1)
11.9 Relocation disputes
809(9)
11.9.1 International relocation cases
810(6)
11.9.2 Relocation within the UK
816(2)
11.10 Terminating s 8 orders
818(1)
11.11 Conclusion
818(2)
12 Child Protection 820(83)
12.1 Introduction
820(2)
12.2 Principles of state intervention into family life
822(5)
12.2.1 Competing approaches and the Children Act 1989
822(3)
12.2.2 The human rights dimension
825(2)
12.2.3 The problem of resources
827(1)
12.3 State support for children and families under Part III
827(12)
12.3.1 The general duty to children in need: s 17
828(2)
12.3.2 Providing accommodation for a child
830(6)
12.3.3 Local authority duties with respect to looked after children
836(3)
12.3.4 Part III: a success?
839(1)
12.4 The child protection system: investigating allegations of child abuse
839(4)
12.4.1 Section 47 investigation
839(3)
12.4.2 Section 37 investigation
842(1)
12.5 Care and supervision proceedings under Part IV
843(46)
12.5.1 Who may apply for a care or supervision order?
843(1)
12.5.2 When may a care or supervision order be made?
843(2)
12.5.3 The threshold criteria
845(21)
12.5.4 The welfare stage
866(7)
12.5.5 The care plan
873(7)
12.5.6 Effect of a care order
880(1)
12.5.7 Contact with a child in care
881(4)
12.5.8 Effect of a supervision order
885(3)
12.5.9 Leaving care
888(1)
12.6 Emergency protection under Part V
889(7)
12.6.1 Police protection powers
889(3)
12.6.2 Emergency protection orders
892(4)
12.7 Interim care and supervision orders
896(5)
12.8 Challenging local authority decisions
901(1)
12.9 Conclusion
902(1)
13 Adoption 903(86)
13.1 Introduction
904(1)
13.2 What is adoption?
905(3)
13.3 The changing face of adoption
908(9)
13.3.1 From childless couples and trouble-free babies...
908(2)
13.3.2 Looked after children: does adoption offer the best solution?
910(3)
13.3.3 Adopting children out of care: new challenges
913(4)
13.4 ACA 2002: the core principles
917(10)
13.4.1 The welfare principle
917(3)
13.4.2 Parental consent
920(4)
13.4.3 Rights, welfare, reform, and the fundamental principles of adoption
924(3)
13.5 The adoption process
927(24)
13.5.1 Making arrangements for the adoption of a child
927(1)
13.5.2 Finding prospective adopters
928(5)
13.5.3 Placing the child for adoption
933(10)
13.5.4 The adoption application
943(1)
13.5.5 The final hearing
944(7)
13.6 In the best interests of the child? Controversial issues
951(15)
13.6.1 Birth family v the 'perfect' adoptive couple
951(3)
13.6.2 Trans-racial adoption
954(7)
13.6.3 Step-parent adoption
961(3)
13.6.4 Adoption by a sole natural parent
964(2)
13.7 Post-adoption issues
966(17)
13.7.1 Open adoption
966(13)
13.7.2 Post-adoption support
979(4)
13.8 Alternatives to adoption: special guardianship
983(5)
13.9 Conclusion
988(1)
Bibliography 989(64)
Index 1053
Sonia Harris-Short is Honorary Professor of Law and Policy, University of Birmingham and the former Head of CEPLER.





Joanna Miles is University Senior Lecturer in Law and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge. Her research interests within the field focus particularly on the legal regulation of adult relationships, family property law, and financial remedies on relationship breakdown.

Rob George is Lecturer in Law at University College London and a barrister at Harcourt Chambers. His research interests within the field focus on family disputes involving children, particularly cases between separated parents and those with an international element.