Family Law

Family law is the branch of law that deals with family relationships. It includes the formation of family relationships as well as the dissolution of those relationships through divorce and the termination of parental rights. This law addresses adoption, contested child custody, and other issues.

The most common reasons to hire a family law attorney include:

• Divorce
• Child Custody / Child Support
• Paternity
• Adoption / Foster Care
• Mediation and Collaborative Law
• Estate Planning
• Immigration and Naturalization Law

In India, there are five broad sets of family laws: Hindu law, which applies to all Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs, Muslim law, which applies to Muslims, Christian law, which applies to Christians, Parsi law, which applies to Parsis, and secular law, which includes the Special Marriage Act. Religious texts are used to create religion-based laws. Parliamentary legislation has also been used to amend these laws from time to time.