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Family Law and Practice
Last Updated Date:   28 October 2025


5 Units,  Semester 2

Course Description:
When families are intact and functioning, Family Law is slow to intervene in the family. What happens when cracks begin to show in the familial relationships?

This course focuses on non-Muslim family law and practice in Singapore, with an emphasis on issues in relation to the formation of marriage, separation (including divorce, nullity, and judicial separation), and ancillary matters (including the division of matrimonial assets, maintenance, marital agreements, and care arrangements of the child). It equips students with a strong foundation of substantive family law in Singapore alongside some comparative perspectives, and an understanding of how therapeutic justice applies in family justice.

Course Convenor: Mr Leon Vincent Chan

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4436V / LL5436V / LL6436V / LLJ5436V

Contact Hours: 3 hour weekly seminar

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Class Participation during seminars - 30% & 6 hr Take-Home Exam (5,000 words including footnotes) - 70% [Release: Mon, 20 April 2026 (9am); Due: Mon, 20 April 2026 (3pm)]

Preclusions: LL4403/LL5403/LL6403 Family Law

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

Examination Date: Different Mode of Examination

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