Part A - Introduction 1. Introduction to family law Part B - Types of unions 2. Engagement 3. Marriage 4. Personal consequences of marriage 5. Patrimonial consequences of marriage 6. Marriage in community of property 7. Marriage out of community of property Addendum of comparisons for chapters 6 and 7 8.

Dissolution of marriage 9. Personal consequences of divorce 10. Patrimonial consequences of divorce 11. Civil unions 12. Customary marriage 13. Religious unions 14. Cohabitation and domestic partnerships Part C - Children 15. Parental responsibilities and rights 16.

The Hague Convention 17. Foster care 18. Adoption 19. Inter-country adoption 20. International child abduction Part D - Family law in practice 21. Family law in practice - Courts, mediation, maintenance and domestic violence.