Course Description
| Course Title: |
Family Law |
| Course Number: |
PA 2201 |
| Credits: |
3 semester credits |
| Prerequisites: |
PA 1102 - Introduction to Law and Contracts |
| Recommendations: |
This course requires the knowledge of legal
analysis, and the ability to do light legal research based on
directions provided by the instructor.
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| Catalog Description: |
Examines family legal issues involved in marriage,
separation, dissolution of marriage, cohabitation, child custody, child
and spousal support and
non-support, property issues, paternity, adoption, and domestic abuse. |
| Outcomes: |
Students will be able to:
- Show how the family law process works including the
use of legal concepts, vocabulary, and legal analysis as it relates
to the law of domestic relations.
- Identify and analyze general concepts which relate to prenuptial
agreements, premarital issues and marriage requirements; separation,
divorce and marriage dissolution, adoption, paternity, name change,
domestic abuse, and other related issues.
- Demonstrate and analyze how the family law system works, what
rules and procedures must be followed, and how to draft basic
necessary litigation documents relating to the family law practice.
- Show how to gather intake information, organize discovery, and
prepare for trial in the family law area.
- Explain the general concepts of the alternative dispute
resolution process.
- Recall, interpret and analyze the basic rules of legal
professional responsibility, ethics and confidentiality as it
relates to the family law area.
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| Topics Covered: |
- Threshold Concepts, Issues and Legal Analysis (2 hours)
- Professional Responsibility, and Ethics (5 hours)
- Premarital Problems (3 hours)
- Marriage (3 hours)
- Rights and Privileges of Married Persons (2 hours)
- Annulment (3 hours)
- Legal Separation (3 hours)
- Dissolution (4 hours)
- Child Custody and Support (5 hours)
- Property Division (3 hours)
- Spousal Maintenance (3 hours)
- Special Matters relating to children - Child Protection (3
hours)
- Paternity (3 hours
- Adoption (3 hours)
- Domestic abuse (3 hours)
- Name Change (1 hours)
Total Semester Hours: 48 |
| Course Objectives: |
To acquire an understanding of laws and procedures
relating to family law issues under Minnesota law, and to learn to analyze family law
problems.
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| Outcomes Measures: |
The student may take exam(s) and/or prepare various
family law document drafting exercises. Discussion and attendance in
class may be part of the grade. Analytical problem solving and short
quizzes may be conducted. Grading will be on a full grading system
(A-F). |
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