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    Family Law: Summary Notes

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    The Nature of Family Law The Australian Bureau of Statistics defines a family as “two or more persons…who are related by blood‚ marriage‚ (registered or de facto)‚ adoption‚ step or fostering and who are usually resident in the same household”. Legal Requirements of marriage The legal definition of marriage is: (contained in the Marriage Act 1961) A union of a man and a woman Voluntarily entered into For life – this is the intention‚ but not the actual state of marriage To the exclusion

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    Family Law Case Study

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    Page 1: Boise‚ ID & Surrounding Areas‚ family law - http://www.familylawattorneyboise.com/family_law.html If you’re facing a family dispute‚ you may benefit receiving an objective overview of your case from the Law Office Of Margery W. Smith. I undertake a wide range of family law cases in Boise and in nearby communities. Whether you’re seeking child custody or your ex-spouse is refusing to pay court-ordered child support‚ I can tell you which child support laws apply to you. I can advise you on the

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    Which social groups are marginalized‚ excluded or silenced within the text? Social groups are significant in Golding’s novel “Lord of the Flies”‚ as they exhibit and accompany the development of a group of British schoolboys‚ which socially deteriorates into savagery‚ splitting into certain social sub-groups. In a context shaped by the world wars and the resulting communal imbalance‚ perhaps creating or already foreshadowing a sense of rivalry and social disharmony‚ Golding employs several characters

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    SOCIAL POLICY Social Policy and the Welfare System Leigh-Ann Hancock Kaplan University HN300-01 Human Services and Social Policy Professor Lorena Lashway May 1‚ 2012 Social Policy and the Welfare System Over one hundred years ago poverty-stricken Americans’ means of assistance was met through families‚ local communities‚ and charities‚ typically religious. Following industrialization in the 1870s‚ the nation’s adult workforce was flooded by employers who were dependent on a continuing flow

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    definitions: A family is usually a group of people related by marriage or blood. A household is a person living alone or a group of people living together who may or may not be related. Theories of the family From the specification: The relationship of the family to the social structure and social change Functionalist views: the importance of the nuclear family‚ the universality of the family‚ changing functions‚ how the nuclear family ‘fits’ modern society

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    Social Policy Sarah Craddock Assignment Name: Disability Studies Class: CP2 Tutor: Emma O’Brien Submission Date: 19/3/14 Index Introduction Page 3 Key legislation and policy development with regard to people with disabilities Page 3 Analyse of society has changed in Ireland in relation

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    Heritage: Family and Life

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    Based off the poem “Heritage” by Linda Hogan “I Learned Everything” Hogan’s “Heritage” is a poem about accepting life‚ learning from experiences‚ and growing as an individual. It’s about maintaining focus on the important things in life; not getting caught up in the small‚ frivolous things. The writer is a woman of mixed race and cultures; part Chickasaw Indian‚ and part Caucasian. As a child and also into her adult years‚ she often wondered at the calmness and acceptance of her Native American

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    Gun controls are laws or policies that regulate the manufacture‚ sale‚ transfer‚ possession‚ modification‚ and use of firearms. They vary greatly around the world. Some countries‚ such as the United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others‚ like the United States‚ have laws that vary significantly among their states. Proponents of gun control generally argue the dangers of widespread gun ownership. Opponents argue that gun control does not reduce gun-related injuries‚ murder

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    There are many ways in which the rainforest is exploited. Many of these ways are damaging to the environment. Rubber tapping causes almost no damage to the rainforest. Rubber tapping takes the natural latex from the tree by scraping grooves into the surface of the tree. The natural latex then falls into a cup‚ and is removed and processed to make the rubber. Rubber trees are quite rare - in a thirty square kilometre area‚ with 20‚000 trees‚ there may be just sixty rubber trees. Timber logging causes

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    Elizabethan family life

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    Family life during the Elizabethan period was largely determined by what class the family was in. As in how rich the family was. But the main exception to this was religion. It didn’t matter whether the family was wealthy‚ poor‚ young or old‚ each family was expected to attend a protestant church service every Sunday. Each family member also wore different clothes. A wealthy family led a completely different life to one of a poor family and men led very different lives to women. The men had quite

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