Repository of material produced by the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family (CRILF), an independent research organisation that was established at the University of Calgary in Canada in 1987 and closed in 2018. CRILF's activities are focused on research and education in the field of family law. A large proportion of its publications can be downloaded in full here, but for some older material only publication details and abstracts are available.
Blog by English law firm SpainWilliams, which specialises in family law. It covers topics such as abuse, children, civil partnership, cohabitation, contact, divorce, finances, harassment, pensions, pre-nuptial agreements, property; separation and violence.
The Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) is based at the Molengraaff Institute for Private Law, University of Utrecht. It is made up of European experts in family and comparative law. The aim of CEFL is to further the harmonisation of family law in Europe through the creation of a set of Principles of European Family Law. The site provides organisational and contact information for the Commission, details of conferences and events and links to selected European legislation on family law.
The Inter-American Children's Institute (IIN) is a specialised organisation of the Organization of American States (OAS), focusing on the promotion and protection of children's rights. The website has background information on the IIN, including its statutes and rules of procedure. IIN publications are available and the site also provides information on the Institute's work in the areas of child law, children's rights, combating sexual exploitation and tackling child abduction. The site can be viewed in English or Spanish but some of the content is in Spanish only.
Online guide to electronic and print sources in transnational and comparative family law by Marylin Johnson Raisch, who was Associate Director for Research and Collection Development at the Georgetown Law Center until her retirement. The guide was updated in 2022 and is published on New York University's Globalex website. The author gives an introduction to transnational law and provides links to major international agreements sponsored by the Hague Conference, United Nations, Council of Europe, the department of Private International Law at the U.S.
Alternative Family Law is a solicitors' firm specialising in family law, divorce and civil partnership dissolution. Its website describes alternative ways of conducting divorce proceedings, including collaborative law and mediation. There is guidance on divorce procedures and links are provided to organisations and forms. Advice is also given on financial aspects of divorce, the dissolution of civil partnerships, surrogacy, gay parenting, and divorce with an international element. The site is available in English or German.
The Collaborative Law Institute of Minnesota is a non-profit organisation for legal, financial other specialists providing a collaborative approach to family law disputes. Its website explains what collaborative law is, outlines the roles of different collaborative law professionals and gives details of the services offered by the institute. There is a divorce information pack, a set of links to organisations dealing with domestic violence, and a list of recommended reading - for adults, children and teenagers - on the subject of divorce.
Website of the New Zealand Youth Court, describing the work of the court and the nature of its proceedings. Guidance aimed at young people, families and victims is provided. There are links to summaries of decisions from 1998 to 2016 and to full (anonymised) decisions from 2016 onwards (both collections are on the New Zealand District Court website, which in turn has a link to archived summaries going back to 1988).
