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Contents: Introduction to family law and its changing dimensions -- State intervention in personal relationships -- Nullity and its consequences -- Acquisition of rights in the family home -- Domestic violence -- Ending relationships -- Financial consequences of ending relationships -- Death and its consequences -- Parents: rights and responsibilities -- From clean break to open adoption -- Adolescent right: autonomy and participation -- Children's welfare and private disputes -- In the Child's best interests: the jurisdiction of wardship -- Child protection: public law procedure -- Protecting children from 'significant harm': interpreting the law -- Financial provision for children.