Family law regulates the legal status of the family and the mutual rights and obligations of family members. The basic sources of law in the Swedish family law include the Marriage Code (Äktenskapsbalken), the Parents Code (Föräldrabalken) and the Inheritance Code (Ärvdabalken). The subject also includes the Cohabitees Act and the Registered Partnership Act.
Children's law have a strong connection to family law. In children's law, it is primarily the child and its legal relationships that are in strong focus. Thus, children's law have a natural touch with most of our traditional areas of law. In addition to family law and other private law, children's law includes e.g. public law issues on religion, education, social care, aliens law, criminal law, international law and procedural law.
