Chapter I. Introduction. 1. Legal notion of family. 2. Constitutional principles. 3. Sources of Family Law. 4. Features of family law and of family rights. Chapter II Family relations. 1. Relatives. Affiliation relationship. Establishment of mother-child relationship. Establishment of father-child relationship. Assisted procreation. Medical assisted procreation. Effects of the affiliation. Parental responsibility. 2. In-laws. 3. Adoption. Constitution and effects. 4. Marriage. Concept, Matrimonial regimes, features of the marriage as an act and as a status. Chapter III. Marriage. 1. Constitution of the matrimonial relation: marriage as an act. Civil marriage. Requirements. Consent. Capacity. Formalities. Invalid marriage. Putative marriage. 2. Effects of marriage: marriage as a status. 2.1. Personal effects. 2.2. Patrimonial effects. General principles and suppletive regime of the matrimonial goods. 3. Modification of the matrimonial relations. Judicial separation of goods. Judicial separation of persons and goods. 4. Termination of the matrimonial relation. 4.1. Death and presumed death. 4.2. Divorce. Divorce by mutual consent. Process. Nature. Litigious divorce. Causes of litigious divorce.Chapter IV De facto union. Notion of legally relevant de facto union.

CILO-1: Students will be able to identify the introduction to family law and family legal personal relations, as relatives, in particular filiation, adoption, and marriage, and family relations development in a changing society. (Legal Practice) CILO-2: Students will be able to define and explain family and social relations and its relevance in the legal system and legal practice. (Legal Practice) CILO-3: Students will be able to explain marriage law, explain dissolution of marriage, explain kinship, and explain guardianship. (Legal Practice)