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Contents: The Family and the law: formal relationships -- Forming a marriage civil partnership -- Nullity -- Exits: divorce and dissolution -- Families-formal and informal: ownership of family assets -- Protection from violence and harassment -- Family maintenance -- Dealing with assets upon relationship breakdown -- Rights on death -- Children, the family and the law: Legal parentage -- Parental responsibility and children's rights -- The Courts' powers to make orders dealing with children's upbringing: the private law -- Courts orders dealing with children's upbringing: the states role -- Should the Court make order? the welfare principle -- Adoption.