Family Laws refer collectively to those laws which deal with issues capable of substantial impact on family relationships, such as custody issues, divorce, adoption and so on. The Indian family law is focused on the application of personal laws of various religions on the matters involving family law. There is no uniform civil code in India, different religious groups follow different customs and procedures in matters relating to personal law.
There are five wide arrangements of family laws in India – Hindu law, which represents all Hindus as additionally Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs; Muslim law for the Muslims; Christian law for the Christians; Parsi law for the Parsis and a secular law for instance the Special Marriage Act. The religion-based laws are gotten from religious writings. These laws have additionally been altered every now and then by parliamentary enactment. Family Law includes these services
• Alimony
• Child custody
• Child support
• Divorce
• Legal separation
• Legitimacy (family law)
• Marriage
• Merger doctrine (family law)
• Shared parenting
• Supervised visitation