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Family Law Practice Exam

Practice Family Law exam questions covering core doctrines, issue spotting, applied analysis, and exam-ready explanations.

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A practical sequence that moves from issue maps to questions, cases, and IRAC planning.

115 min plan

120 min

Map the issues and elements

Start with marriage, civil partnership, and cohabitation and turn each coverage area into an issue checklist.

230 min

Attempt the free diagnostic quiz

Use the first score to identify weak topics before reading long notes.

335 min

Brief leading authorities

For each case, capture facts, issue, rule, reasoning, exam use, and current-law status.

430 min

Draft an IRAC answer plan

Use divorce, dissolution, and judicial separation to practise issue spotting, authority selection, and balanced conclusions.

Syllabus coverage

01. Marriage, Civil Partnership, and Cohabitation

Formalities of marriage and civil partnership formation, including capacity, consent, and prohibited degrees of relationship

Void and voidable marriages: grounds, bars to relief, and effects of decrees of nullity

Non-marriage and non-qualifying ceremonies: distinction from void marriage and consequences for financial relief and children

Legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership: duty to maintain, presumption of parentage, and property rights during relationship

Cohabitation: comparison of rights and remedies on separation, common law protections (resulting/constructive trusts, proprietary estoppel), and statutory frameworks (e.g., Children Act 1989 Schedule 1)

02. Divorce, Dissolution, and Judicial Separation

Jurisdictional requirements: habitual residence and domicile under Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 and Brussels II recast

Grounds for divorce/dissolution: irretrievable breakdown evidenced by one of five facts (pre-2022) and the new no-fault system under the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020

The sole ground for divorce: irretrievable breakdown; abolition of ability to contest

The 20-week reflection period, conditional order, and final order procedure

Judicial separation: grounds, procedure, and effects; difference from divorce

Recognition of overseas divorces and dissolutions: common law and statutory rules

03. Financial Remedies on Relationship Breakdown

Orders available: periodical payments, lump sum, property adjustment, pension sharing, and maintenance pending suit

Statutory framework: Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Parts II and III, Civil Partnership Act 2004, and Schedule 1 Children Act 1989

The section 25 factors: welfare of minor children first, then needs, resources, standard of living, contributions, age, duration, and conduct

Yardstick of equality and departure from it: needs, compensation, and sharing principles

Pre- and post-nuptial agreements: treatment following Radmacher v Granatino

Variation and enforcement of financial orders: change of circumstances, remarriage, and death

04. Children: Private Law

Parental responsibility: acquisition, exercise, and delegation; who has it and how it can be lost

Section 8 orders: child arrangements (live with / spend time with), prohibited steps, specific issue; no order principle

The welfare principle and the welfare checklist under Children Act 1989: paramountcy and the non-exhaustive factors

The statutory presumption of parental involvement and its rebuttal where risk of harm

International relocation and internal relocation: the approach in Payne v Payne and subsequent case law, vs. the modern welfare-centric test

Enforcement of child arrangements orders: warning notices, enforcement orders, and compensation for financial loss

05. Domestic Abuse and Protection Orders

Family Law Act 1996 Part IV orders: non-molestation orders and occupation orders

Grounds for non-molestation orders: need to secure health, safety, and well-being; no need for 'molestation' to have occurred

Occupation orders: different categories of applicant and varying tests (balance of harm, core criteria); declaratory and regulatory orders

Undertakings as an alternative to orders, and their enforceability

Forced marriage protection orders: Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007, court's wide powers

Breach and enforcement of protective orders: criminal sanctions for non-molestation (s.42A FLA 1996) and committal for occupation breaches

06. Parentage and Adoption

Establishing parentage: legal presumptions, declarations of parentage, and scientific testing

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008: legal parentage in assisted reproduction, including same-sex couples and surrogacy

Parental orders following surrogacy arrangements: statutory conditions, the six-month rule, and welfare considerations

Adoption: the Adoption and Children Act 2002 framework, the dual application of the welfare test and the no order principle

Who may adopt: single persons, couples, and step-parents; parental consent and dispensation

Adoption orders: effect on parental responsibility, contact, and inheritance rights

Jurisdiction lens

England & WalesPrimary

Primary launch focus for legal study notes, case summaries, and citation guidance.

Common law comparison

Comparison notes highlight where common-law reasoning differs by jurisdiction.

United States

Useful for bar-style multiple choice and federal/state contrast notes where reviewed.

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Reviewed by: LawConquer AI content review - Exam content generation pipeline
Last reviewed: 2026-06-03
Confidence note: Generated from public syllabus and current-law guardrails; verify jurisdiction-specific changes before relying on local rules

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