What are Family Laws?

Which laws govern Family Laws?

What areas are covered by the Family Laws?

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About the Family Laws

Family Laws refer collectively to those laws which deal with issues capable of substantial impact on family relationships, such as custody issues, divorce, adoption and so on. The Indian family law is focused on the application of personal laws of various religions on the matters involving family law. There is no uniform civil code in India, different religious groups follow different customs and procedures in matters relating to personal law.

There are five wide arrangements of family laws in India – Hindu law, which represents all Hindus as additionally Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs; Muslim law for the Muslims; Christian law for the Christians; Parsi law for the Parsis and a secular law for instance the Special Marriage Act. The religion-based laws are gotten from religious writings. These laws have additionally been altered every now and then by parliamentary enactment.

Indian Christian Marriage Act 1872

Marriage Dissolution Act 1936

Indian Divorce Act 1869

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2006 – Christians and Muslims can adopt as per the provisions of this legislation

Indian Succession Act 1925

Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937

Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act 1865

Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956

The Hindu Marriage Act 1955

Special Marriage Act 1954

The Hindu Succession Act 1956

There are various types of cases decided in a family court.

Each state has a different system utilized to address family law cases.

Interim compensation is allowed in some cases.