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Family Law
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:11.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:00
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_053 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Civil Rights | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Jolanta Dinsberga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Introduction to Civil Law, Property Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Ensure that students acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and competence in the field of Family Law. To develop an understanding about the family law institute in Latvia and Family Law as part of the Civil Law of the Republic of Latvia and other related legislation, as well as to introduce the jurisprudence in the field of Family Law and its practical application in solving family legal issues. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 1: Marriage. 1.1. The concept and meaning of engagement. 1.2. The concept of marriage, entering into marriage and termination of marriage. 1.3. Lack of marriage, its legal consequences. 1.4. Divorce procedure and legal consequences of divorce. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | 2: Property relations and personal relations between the spouses. 2.1. Personal rights and duties of spouses, their concept and content. 2.2. Property relations between the spouses, their concept. 2.3. Legal property relations between the spouses. 2.4. Contractual property relations between the spouses. 2.5. Seperate ownership of property of the spouses. 2.6. Joint ownership property of the spouses. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | 2: Property relations and personal relations of spouses (CONTINUATION). 2.1. Personal rights and duties of spouses, their concept and content. 2.2. Property relations of spouses, their concept. 2.3. Legal property relations of spouses. 2.4. Contractual property relations of spouses. 2.5. Separate ownership of property of spouses. 2.6. Joint ownership of property of spouses. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Students' independent work assignment (Drawing up a matrimonial agreement, analysis; filling out the forms for registration, amendment and termination of matrimonial property relations; drawing up and analysis of a claim statement/a divorce petition). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | 3: Legal aspects of the relationship between parents and children. 3.1. Determination the line of descent of a child. 3.2. Recognition of paternity. 3.3. Recognition of paternity in the court – procedure. 3.4. Institutions protecting children’s rights and their role in protection of children’s rights. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | 4: Adoption and custody. 4.1. Adoption and its legal consequences. 4.2. Adoption Procedure. 4.3. Custody. 4.4. Access rights. 4.5. Termination and restriction of custody rights. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Students' independent work assignment (Case law analysis and/or presentation, case study solutions). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | 5: Guardianship. 5.1. Nature of guardianship. 5.2. Establishment of guardianship over minors. 5.3. Persons who may be appointed as guardians. 5.4. Duties of a guardian towards a minor. 5.5. Administration of the property of a minor. 5.6. Liability of the guardian. 5.7. Termination of guardianship. 5.8. The role of Orphan’s Court in solution of problems of guardianship and trusteeship. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | 6: Trusteeship. 6.1. Concept of trusteeship. 6.2. Trusteeship over persons with health disorders of mental nature or other health disorders. 6.3. Trusteeship over a person due to their living dissolutely or wastefully. 6.4. Trusteeship over the property of absent and missing persons. 6.5. Trusteeship over an entirety of property and concursus. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Students' independent work assignment: (design of a test/crossword puzzle or other; work with terminology (training game or other); discussion of the revised questions). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | 1: Marriage. 1.1. The concept and meaning of engagement. 1.2. The concept of marriage, entering into marriage and termination of marriage. 1.3. Lack of marriage, its legal consequences. 1.4. Divorce procedure and legal consequences of divorce. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | 2: Property relations and personal relations between the spouses. 2.1. Personal rights and duties of spouses, their concept and content. 2.2. Property relations between the spouses, their concept. 2.3. Legal property relations between the spouses. 2.4. Contractual property relations between the spouses. 2.5. Seperate ownership of property of the spouses. 2.6. Joint ownership property of the spouses. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 3 | 2: Property relations and personal relations of spouses (CONTINUATION). 2.1. Personal rights and duties of spouses, their concept and content. 2.2. Property relations of spouses, their concept. 2.3. Legal property relations of spouses. 2.4. Contractual property relations of spouses. 2.5. Separate ownership of property of spouses. 2.6. Joint ownership of property of spouses. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | 3: Legal aspects of the relationship between parents and children. 3.1. Determination the line of descent of a child. 3.2. Recognition of paternity. 3.3. Recognition of paternity in the court – procedure. 3.4. Institutions protecting children’s rights and their role in protection of children’s rights. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 6 | 4: Adoption and custody. 4.1. Adoption and its legal consequences. 4.2. Adoption Procedure. 4.3. Custody. 4.4. Access rights. 4.5. Termination and restriction of custody rights. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Students' independent work assignment (Case law analysis and/or presentation, case study solutions). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | 5: Guardianship. 5.1. Nature of guardianship. 5.2. Establishment of guardianship over minors. 5.3. Persons who may be appointed as guardians. 5.4. Duties of a guardian towards a minor. 5.5. Administration of the property of a minor. 5.6. Liability of the guardian. 5.7. Termination of guardianship. 5.8. The role of Orphan’s Court in solution of problems of guardianship and trusteeship. | Lectures | 0.50 | ||||||
| 9 | 6: Trusteeship. 6.1. Concept of trusteeship. 6.2. Trusteeship over persons with health disorders of mental nature or other health disorders. 6.3. Trusteeship over a person due to their living dissolutely or wastefully. 6.4. Trusteeship over the property of absent and missing persons. 6.5. Trusteeship over an entirety of property and concursus. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work with family law, case law and legal literature; preparing a report on the chosen topic in the field of family law, case studies and drafting documents. 1) clarification of terms; 2) analysis of the case-law; 3) drawing up contracts; 4) the settlement of cases; 5) the preparation of the final work. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students’ knowledge will be assessed according to the 10-point grading system. Upon conclusion of the course the student gets separate assessment on: 1) Examination work; 2) Final evaluation (consists of an examination mark (it is the determining mark) and the assessment received for various course activities the student has been involved in during the course). The student activities are related to: • participation in classes and the quality of answers during the practical classes; • oral/written analysis of independent practical assignments; • assessment for tests; • the quality of the final practical assignment, etc. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | On successful course completion students are capable to demonstrate basic and specialised knowledge and critical understanding of the role of family law in a democratic state, institutions of family law; they have developed scientific research skills and the ability to apply the existing legislation of family law in practice. | ||||||||
| Skills: | On successful course completion students are able to: • demonstrate a scientific approach to solving problems; • outline their learning independently; • make decisions and find creative solutions in changing or uncertain circumstances; • take responsibility and initiative by doing the work individually, in a team or by managing other people's work; • direct further learning and professional development of themselves and their subordinates. Upon completion of the course students will have developed skills of analysing, synthesising and evaluating basic principles of family law; mutual relationships between spouses, parents and children and relatives; the role, importance and competence of the orphan’s courts and other state institutions in handling legal issues related to the family, etc. They will have a grasp of the family law system and will be able to analyse the actual circumstances in the field of the family law by applying the relevant provisions of the family law. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | On successful course completion students: • are able to assess the environmental and societal impacts of their professional activities; • can show their understanding of professional ethics; • are capable of independently obtaining, selecting and analysing information and using it. Upon completion of the course students are able to find solutions to the relevant actual circumstances in the field of family law and to outline it in a reasoned way in oral or written form (in the claim statement and in explanatory statements, etc.). | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Civillikums. Pirmā daļa. ĢIMENES TIESĪBAS. Ziņotājs, Nr.22/23. 10.06.1993. | ||||||||
| 2 | Civilstāvokļa aktu reģistrācijas likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 197, 14.12.2012. | ||||||||
| 3 | Bāriņtiesu likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr.107 (3475). 07.07.2006. | ||||||||
| 4 | Bērnu tiesību aizsardzības likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr. 199/200 (1260/1261). 08.07.1998. | ||||||||
| 5 | Uzturlīdzekļu garantiju fonda likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr.101 (3049), 01.12.2016. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ministru kabineta 30.10.2018. noteikumi Nr.667 "Adopcijas kārtība". Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr. 220, 07.11.2018. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Civilprocesa likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr.326/330 (1387/1391), 03.11.1998. | ||||||||
| 2 | Hodgkin, R., Newell, P. Implementation Handbook for the Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York: UNICEF. 2002. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kalniņš E. Privāttiesību teorija un prakse. Rīga. Tiesu namu aģentūra. 2005. | ||||||||
| 4 | Kalniņš, E. Laulāto manta laulāto likumiskajās mantiskajās attiecībās. Tiesu namu aģentūra. 2010. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kudeikina, I. Laulības noslēgšanas institucionālās piekritības problēmas. RSU zinātniskā konference. 2015. | ||||||||
| 6 | Vēbers J. Latvijas Republikas Civillikuma komentāri. Ģimenes tiesības. Rīga. Mans Īpašums. 2000. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Kalnmeiere, D. Bērna iedzīvošanās jaunajā vidē un piekrišana bērna pārrobežu nolaupīšanai. Jurista Vārds, Nr. 6 (601). 09.02.2010., Nr. 7 (602). 16.02.2010. | ||||||||
| 2 | Putniņa, A., Dupate, K., Mileiko, I., Brant, M. PĒTĪJUMS PAR LAULĪBU NEREĢISTRĒŠANAS PROBLEMĀTIKU. GALA ZIŅOJUMS. 2015. | ||||||||
| 3 | Vilcāne, V. Kā izšķirties ar ārzemnieku tiesā. LV Portāls,10.03.2015. | ||||||||
| 4 | Krasnobokijs, J. Pilnvarotā pārstāvja tiesības piedalīties tiesas sēdēs laulības šķiršanas lietās. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr. NR. 12 (1018). 20.03.2018. | ||||||||
| 5 | Pēlmane, L. Vecāku varas institūta transformācija vecāku aizgādības tiesībās. Jurista Vārds, Nr.29 (624). 20.07.2010. | ||||||||
| 6 | Latvijas Republikas Augstākās tiesas senāta Civillietu departamenta spriedumi un lēmumi. Rīga. Tiesu namu aģentūra (visi sējumi ) | ||||||||
| 7 | Satversmes tiesas spriedums lietā par adopcijas aizliegumu. Satversmes tiesa 2019. gada 5. decembrīa spriedums lietā Nr. 2019-01-01 | ||||||||
| 8 | Žurnāls “Likums un Tiesības”; | ||||||||
| 9 | www.saeima.lv | ||||||||
| 10 | www.likumi.lv | ||||||||
| 11 | www.tiesas.lv | ||||||||
| 12 | www.zemesgramata.lv | ||||||||
| 13 | www.lm.gov.lv | ||||||||
| 14 | www.ur.lv | ||||||||
| 15 | www.lvportals.lv | ||||||||
| 16 | ANO Konvencija par bērna tiesībām. Latvijas Vēstnesis.. Nr. 237 (5297).28.11.2014. | ||||||||
| 17 | Par Hāgas konvenciju par starptautiskās bērnu nolaupīšanas civiltiesiskajiem aspektiem. Latvijas Vēstnesis, Nr.151 (2538), 23.10.2001. | ||||||||
| 18 | Eiropas Savienības Pamattiesību harta | ||||||||
| 19 | Padomes Regula (EK) Nr. 2201/2003 par jurisdikciju un spriedumu atzīšanu un izpildi laulības lietās un lietās par vecāku atbildību un par Regulas (EK) Nr. 1347/2000 atcelšanu. | ||||||||
