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Intheintroductiontothismodulewediscusshowfamilylawworks,and
its content. We also provide you with a brief historical survey of the law of
marriage, after which the following topics are dealt with in detail:
marriage law (the engagement, the conclusion of a marriage and the
invariable consequences of marriage), matrimonial property law (operation
of the different matrimonial property systems and the alteration of the
matrimonial property system), dissolution of marriage by death and
divorce, the consequences of divorce (for the spouses and the children, and
also miscellaneous matters), customary marriages, Muslim marriages,
other marriage-like relationships, domestic violence and the parent-child
relationship. Lastly, there is also a brief discussion on guardianship and
curatorship.
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