Family Law-II

Unit 1 — Alimony and Maintenance

Maintenance of neglected wives, divorced wives, minor children, disabled children and parents who are unable to support themselves: Provisions under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Alimony and maintenance as an independent remedy: a review under different personal laws- need for reforming the law · Maintenance of divorced Muslim women under the Muslim Women [Protection of Rights on · Divorce] Act 1986: a critical review

• Maintenance of Wives, Children and Parents — Section 125 to
• Maintenance General Principles of Maintenance
• The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007

Unit 2 — Child and the Family

Legitimacy · Adoption · Custody, Maintenance and education · Guardianship and parental rights- welfare of the child principle

• Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956
• Adoption by members of other religion with special reference to CARA Rules
• The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act, 1956
• Custody, maintenance and education
• Guardianship and parental rights — welfare of the child principle
• Paternity Legitimacy, Parentage and Acknowledgment Parentage

Unit 3 — Family and its changing patterns

New emerging trends · Attenuation of family ties · Working women and their impact on spousal relationship: composition of family, status and role of women · Processes of Social changes in India: Westernization, Secularization, · Universalization, Modernization, Industrialization and Urbanization

Unit 4 — Establishment of Family Courts

Constitution, Power and functions · Administration of gender justice

• Establishment of family Courts — Family Courts Act, 1984 Constitution, power and functions Administration of gender justice

Unit 5 — Uniform Civil Code- need for

Religious Pluralism and its implications · Connotations of the directive contained in Article 44 of the Constitution · Impediments to the formulation of the Uniform Civil Code · The idea of Optional Uniform Civil Code

• Uniform Civil Code
• Religious pluralism and its implications
• Connotations of the directive contained in Article 44 of the Constitution
• Impediments to the formulation of the Uniform Civil Code
• The idea of Optional Uniform Civil Code