Everyone living in the same household, including servants and family members, with any person or persons who lead this economic and social unit. All content on this website, including dictionaries, thesauri, literature, geography and other reference data, is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, current and should not be used in place of a visit, consultation or advice from a legal professional, medical or any other professional. Most legal systems have some means of dealing with the division of property left by a deceased family member.
A family is defined as “one or more persons occupying a single housing unit, provided that, unless all members are related by blood or marriage, none of these families shall contain more than five persons, but also provided that domestic workers employed in the premises can stay in installations without being counted as family or families. At the beginning of the 21st century, family law and the notion of family itself were further complicated by calls for acceptance of same-sex marriages and non-traditional families. Family structure is also changing in the sense that some couples choose not to legally marry and instead choose to have their children out of wedlock; many of these informal relationships tend to be short-lived, and this, along with rising levels of divorce, has led to a rapid increase in the number of single-parent homes. Family law varies from culture to culture, but in its broadest application it defines legal relationships between family members, as well as relations between families and society in general.
B) The parent, legal guardian or adult relative has legal responsibility by consanguinity, marriage or court order to support or care for the child.
