The International Survey of Family Law 2014

Australia
Gender Identity Dysphoria Update and Developments in Property Settlement Law 
Lisa Young

Brazil
Same-Sex Families in Brazil: An Overview after the Trial of ADI and ADPF 132 by the Supreme Court
Marianna Chaves

Canada
Unmarried Cohabitation in Quebec – Liberté ou Égalité? 
Martha Bailey

Chile
The Mapuches and Chilean Family Law 
Ursula Pohl

China
Empirical Research on Judicial Practice of the Post-divorce Relief System – Targeted on Sampled Cases Handled in a Grass-roots People’s Court in Chongqing in 2010–2012 51
Wei Chen, Lei Shi and Wenjun He

Czech Republic
New Family Law in the Czech Republic: Back to Traditions and Towards Modern Trends 
Zden´ka Králícˇková

England and Wales
The Battle for Parenthood – Lesbian Mothers and Biological Fathers 
Mary Welstead

France
A Chronicle of French Family Law 
Centre for Family Law, University Jean Moulin, Lyon

Germany
Reforming the Law on Parental Responsibility 
Luise Hauschild

Hong Kong
Reforming Hong Kong Family Law: Still More to Do? 
Anne Scully-Hill

India
Surrogacy for Single and Unmarried Foreign Persons: A Challenge under Indian Law 
Anil Malhotra and Ranjit Malhotra

Iran and Armenia 
Rights and Obligations of Spouses in Iran’s Law Compared with Armenia’s 
Grigor Bekmezyan and Gholam Reza Shirazi

Ireland 
Irish Abortion Law – Legislating to Stand Still?
Maebh Harding

Italy
Joint Custody of Children on Separation and Divorce: The Current Law in Italy: An Overview of the Law and How it is Applied 
Federica Giardini


Japan
Two Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court: One Too Late; the Other Still Early 245
Yangwhan Kim

Kenya
Changing the Constitution and Changing Attitudes: Recent Developments in Kenyan Family Law 
F Banda

Korea
When a Revealed Affair is a Crime, but a Hidden One is a Romance: An Overview of Adultery Law in the Republic of Korea 
Ann Black and Kwang-Soo Jung

Lesotho
Protecting Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Lesotho: An Assessment of the Children’s Protection and Welfare Act 2011 

Macedonia
Family Law in the New Civil Code of the Republic of Macedonia: Key Issues and Necessary Reforms 

Mozambique
The Right to Alternative Care for Children Deprived of a Family Environment: Overview of International Norms and the Legislative Framework of Mozambique 
Usang Maria Assim and Aquinaldo Mandlate

The Netherlands Dutch Co-motherhood in 2014 
Ian Curry-Sumner and Machteld Vonk

New Zealand
Child Poverty in New Zealand – Definitions, Consequences, and Possible Legislative Responses 
Mark Henaghan and Ruth Ballantyne

Papua New Guinea
Customary Polygamy, Human Rights and the Constitution in Papua New Guinea 
John Y Luluaki

Poland
Separation of Assets with Equalisation of Accrued Gains (Accruals): A Marital Property Regime for the Modern Family? 
Anna Stępien´ -Sporek and Margaret Ryznar

Puerto Rico
Electronic Visitation, Lesbian Adoption and Support 
Pedro F Silva-Ruiz

Solomon Islands
Failing to Adopt a New Approach: The Law of Adoption in Solomon Islands 
Jennifer Corrin and Eleanor Foote

Switzerland
New Rules on Parental Responsibility in Switzerland 
Ingeborg Schwenzer and Tomie Keller

United States
Developments in Family Law in the United States of America in 2013 

Zimbabwe
The Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 – A Constitutional Curate’s Egg 
F Banda