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
Wednesday, 12th October 2011
Venue and Time
Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
10.00am – 4.30pm
Presenter
Paul Brennan, Legal Consultant
Limited to
20 participants
Aim
This training is to ensure that participants 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
Wednesday, 28th September 2011
Applications to:
Ann Marie Byrne, Regional Training Administrator, CIB, c/o
Co. Offaly CIS, Level One, Bridge Centre, Tullamore, Co.
Offaly, Tel: 057 9341262 Fax: 057 9351523
Email: annmarie.byrne@ciboard.ie
Note: Please do not send a cheque to the Citizens information Board. An invoice is issued after the event.
