LEI 207 - Family Law (W)

3 Credit(s)

Elective course for the bachelor’s and associate’s degrees.
Survey of the legal structure of the family with emphasis on the law of marriage, divorce, child custody, and support. Emphasis is placed on marriage issues, such as formation of marriage, prenuptial agreements, termination of marriage, and tax consequences. The course also contains child issues such as legal status of children, child custody, child support, and adoption. This is a legal specialty course. This is a writing enriched course.
Prerequisite(s): Introduction to Law and Legal Research I.