Course Title
Family Law with focus on (1) Family Breakdown and (2) Civil
Partnership
Level 2
Courses at Level 2
are for Information Providers who have completed the
Information Providers Programme (IPP) and have a good
understanding of the course topic or have at least one
year's experience of giving information to the public.
Date
Thursday 29th September 2011
Venue and Time
Westmeath Community Development Centre, Zone C, Mullingar
Business Park, Mullingar.
10.00am – 4.30pm
Presenters
Paul Brennan, Legal Consultant
Limited
to
20 participants
Aim
This training is to ensure that learners are able to
provide information on family law including recently
enacted legislation.
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course participants should be able
to:
- identify and define spouses, civil partners, cohabitees and other family types
- state the main legislative provisions relating to marriage, marriage breakdown, separation and divorce
- outline the main family law issues arising relating to family breakdown in the current recession with a particular focus on issues relating to children and property.
- state the main provisions Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010; State the general status of children in married and unmarried relationships in relation to guardianship, rights of parents, grandparents and financial support in the case of marital/non-marital relationship breakdown
- state the legal options available to those within abusive families
- state the main differences between the rights and obligations of non-marital partners; cohabitees; civil partners and spouses.
Closing Date
Thur 15th Sept 2011
Applications and enquiries to
Anne Flynn, Citizens Information Board, 4 Adelphi Court,
Long Walk, Dundalk. Email: anne.flynn@ciboard.ie
Tel: 042 9332913 Fax: 042 9337081
Note: Please do not send a cheque to the Citizens information Board. An invoice is issued after the event.
