Course: Family Law

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Course title Family Law
Course code SPK/MROP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hrušáková Milana, prof. JUDr. CSc.
  • Šmíd Ondřej, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Šínová Renáta, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Westphalová Lenka, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Hamuľáková Klára, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lecture Topics: Notion and object of family law. Historical development and sources of family law. Establishment of matrimony. Relations between spouses. Alimony between spouses. termination of the matrimony. Alimony of divorce spouse. Registered partnership. Relations between Parents and Children. General characteristic. Parents' responsibility. Name and Surname of the child. Maintenance duty between relatives. Foster parent care. Guardianship. Socio-legal protection of children. Custodianship European aspects of family law. Harmonization of family law within the EU. Seminar Topics: Notion and object of family law. Historical development and sources of family law. Establishment of matrimony. Relations between spouses. Alimony between spouses. termination of the matrimony. Alimony of divorce spouse. Registered partnership. Relations between Parents and Children. General characteristic. Parents' responsibility. Name and Surname of the child. Maintenance duty between relatives. Foster parent care. Guardianship. Socio-legal protection of children. Custodianship European aspects of family law. Harmonization of family law within the EU.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
Teaching within the subject Family Law focuses on the following topics: The importance of family law and its position in the legal system. Origin of marriage. Marriage invalid and seeming. Rights and duties of spouses. Termination and marriage annulment. Establishment of partnership. Rights and obligations of partners. Termination and termination of partnership. Unmarried cohabitation. Rights and duties of mate and mate. Determination of parenthood. Current issues of motherhood. Presumptions of paternity. Parental responsibility. Maintenance Obligations. Institutes of substitute family care: foster care, adoption, custody. Guardianship and guardianship. Socio-legal protection. Rights of the child. Current questions of recodification. Europeanization of Czech family law. Students will acquire knowledge about the regulation of family law in the Czech Republic. Innovation of the subject was supported within the project Support of Interdisciplinary Studies and Innovation of Study Subjects at Palacký University in Olomouc CZ.1.07 / 2.2.00 / 28.0091.
Students will gain necessary knowledge of substantive and also procedural aspects of family law as well as EU law related questions.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of some other courses.

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark

It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and succeed in the written credit test and they also must succeed in oral exam. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.
Recommended literature
  • Hrušáková, M. a kol. (2009). Zákon o rodině, 3. vydání, komentář, C.H.Beck, Praha, 2005, ISBN 80-7179-912-2. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Hrušáková, M., Králíčková, Z. (2006). České rodinné právo. 3. přepracované a doplněné vydání. Doplněk, Brno.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2019) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2024) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter