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The course aims to provide a sound academic grounding in key areas of Child and Family Law, including Dispute Resolution, Guardianship, Parenting Orders, Child Abduction, Child Abuse and Domestic Violence.
Child and Family Law is a core part of general legal practice, as well as being a speciality practice area. In general terms, this course will deal with the process and substantive law concerning the care of children, and will also cover issues of family violence. More specifically, the topics covered by this course will be:• Dispute Resolution (Family Dispute Resolution Service);• The Care of Children Act 2004 (guardianship, parenting orders and international child abduction);• The Adoption Act 1955;• The Children Young Persons and Their Families Act 1989;• The Domestic Violence Act 1995.The course includes tutorials and guest lectures, and an optional moot.
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award
Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.
(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110
LAWS317
LAWS202-LAWS206
John Caldwell
Assessment may be by way of a compulsory research essay, an optional moot, and a final examination.The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.
Domestic fee $790.00
International fee $3,600.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Faculty of Law .