The Palgrave Macmillan Core Statutes series has been developed to meet the needs of today's law students. Compiled by experienced lecturers, each title contains the essential materials needed at LLB level and, where applicable, on GDL/CPE courses. They are specifically designed to be easy to use under exam conditions and in the lecture hall. This new edition of core statutes on family law has been thoroughly revised and updated and contains essential material up to June 2012. New to this edition: Children Act 1989 (further provisions) Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 changes made by the Domestic Violence Crime and Victims (Amendment) Act 2012.