Marriage / Maebh Harding -- LGBTQ relationships / Nicholas Bamforth -- Customary marriages / Thandabantu Nhlapo -- Divorce / Barbara Stark -- Post-divorce maintenance for spouses / Geoffrey Shannon -- Distribution of property on divorce / Bill Atkin -- International family mediation : recent developments / Nuria Gonzalez-Martin -- Child custody and cognate concepts : the challenges / Elaine Sutherland -- Child support / Margaret F. Brinig -- Adoption / Barbara Stark -- Personal relations and contact concerning children / Frederik Swennen -- Children's rights within the family / Geraldine van Bueren -- Reproductive rights / Rachael Rebouche -- Surrogacy / Dr. Phillipp Reuss -- Father's rights : Japan as a different paradigm / Colin Jones -- Theories of family law and the state / Aziza Ahmed -- Domestic violence / Rashida Manjoo -- Transnational families : the right to family life in the age of global migration / Edit Frenyo.