Family Law in England and California

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"Family Law and the Conflict of Laws: Great Britain and California


This paper will examine the development of the conflict of laws as it pertains to Family Law in England and California. The first part of the paper will give a brief discussion of the history of the subject in England and the United States, including the problem of federalism and foreign country law in the United States. The second part of the paper will examine the current state of the law in England, concentrating on the jurisdiction of English courts to issue decrees in matters involving parties not necessarily domiciled or resident in England and the recognition of foreign decrees in England. The third part of the paper will provide the same treatment for California law. Particular attention will be paid in both parts to divorce, maintenance or support, and child custody decrees."

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