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LAW 140 Family Law (3)
3 hours lecture per week
Recommended Preparation: Credit in or qualification for ENG 100 or ENG 160.
Comment: LAW 140 may not be audited.
LAW 140 covers basic substantive law in the area known as “family law.” It covers adoptions, guardianships, nonsupport, and uncontested and contested divorces. This course prepares the student to assist attorneys in the area of family law.
Upon successful completion of LAW 140, the student should be able to:
- Compile a file of the current standard Family Court forms, orders, and memoranda.
- Prepare initial pleadings in a divorce action, separation or annulment action, including the Matrimonial Action Information Sheet and the Information Concerning Child Care and Custody forms.
- Identify the procedure for setting an uncontested divorce for hearing and identify the documents necessary for presentation to the Court to allow such a setting.
- Determine, in an adoption, the correct proceedings as to whether the case will be a consent or non-consent case.