Family Law

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concept of an annulment including the procedure for obtaining an annulment, the grounds, defenses to an annulment action, and consequences of an annulment.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concepts related to child and spousal support including the guidelines, types, factors for consideration by the courts, enforcement issues, tax implications, and related issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concepts related to child custody, legal steps involved in a child custody order, and related issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain a premarital agreement including its purpose, legal requirements, basic elements, and issues related to enforceability.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concept of divorce including the methods for dissolving a marriage, cultural influences, stages and steps in the divorce process, types, options for resolution, and defenses.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe the legal issues and concepts related to the victims and perpetrators of family violence.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to describe family law in terms of scope, jurisdiction, research resources, ethical issues, common family law business practices, and the role of the paralegal.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concept of marriage including changing definitions, constitutional basis, requirements for a valid marriage, rights and obligations of marriage, and related issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to define non-marital families including available types of legal agreements, available forms of relief when the relationship dissolves, and related issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concepts related to the status of children including the factors involved in determination of parentage, issues related to reproductive technology, adoption, and major related ethical issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concepts related to division of property after divorce including categories of property, factors, methods of allocating liabilities, tax implications, and related issues.

This badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain the legal concept of separation including the characteristics and component of an effective separation agreement, types of agreements, role of the courts, and related issues.