48/93, 16/95 and 47/2001), and also by the regulations pertaining to other fields (criminal legislation, labour legislation, etc.) The Family Law regulates the legal category of marriage and marital relations, relationship between parents and children, adoption, guardianship, alimony, property relations within the family, special court proceedings in litigations concerning marital and family relations as well as certain forms of social and legal protection of the family.
La Loi sur la famille réglemente les domaines du mariage et des relations conjugales, des rapports entre parents et enfants, de l'adoption, de la tutelle, des pensions alimentaires, des relations patrimoniales, des procédures judiciaires spéciales en matière de litiges conjugaux et familiaux, ainsi que certaines formes de protection sociale et juridique de la famille.