PLG 126 Family Law introduces students to family law, including case law and salient statutory laws, to inform their future paralegal practice. Through this course, students learn the legal definition of family, constitutional limitations on the regulation of families, formal and informal marriage, same-sex unions and divorce, the parent-child relationship, parenting and custody, alimony, division of properties upon divorce, child support, dispute resolution mechanisms, and domestic violence. This course also covers legal ethics in the practice of family law.