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This list is by no means dispositive of the potential issues that come through the family court system. In many jurisdictions in the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in, the family courtThis article is about courts of law . For alternative meanings see: Court (disambiguation). A court is an official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative ands see the most crowded docketsThe word docket can mean: A brief summary of a document, also called an abstract A listing of items that an organization plans on discussing, also called an agenda The official schedule of proceedings in lawsuits pending in a court of law.. LitigantsA party involved in a lawsuit, a litigant is a person suing or being sued, or otherwise calling upon the judicial process to determine the outcome of a suit. This does not include witnesses or other persons who may be called to court during a trial just t representative of all socialA social class is, at its most basic, a group of people that have similar social status. The relative importance and definition of membership in a particular class differs greatly over time and between societies, particularly in societies having a legal d and economic class es are parties within the system. Because the family courts are notoriously underfunded and see a relatively large proportion of economically dependent litigants, a common criticism levied is that the system inherently prejudices the needs of these disadvantaged parties.

See also: Law of the FamilyUnder the continental civil law systems, the law of the family is that area of law that deals with familial obligations such as marriage, annulment, divorce, adoption, child custody, spousal support of children/ancestors and related extra-contractual obli, Fathers' rightsThe Fathers' rights movement is a loose network of groups, primarily in western countries, established to campaign for equitable treatment of fathers and their families following parental separation or divorce. Underlying principles Nearly everyone in the, Same-Sex Marriage, The Children Act

External links

USA

• American Bar Association - Family Law Section

UK

• Judicial Studies Board Family Bench Book
• The Children Act 1989
• Family Proceedings Rules