Family law

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  • family law
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  • Branch of specialty of law, also denominated "domestic relations" law, concerned with such subjects as adoption, annulment, divorce, separation, paternity, custody, support and child care.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.

    家族法（かぞくほう）とは、民法（明治29年法律第89号）の第4編「親族」と第5編「相続」を合わせた講学上の用語であり、親族法と相続法の上位概念である。身分法と言うこともある。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Family_law)