Family and Relationships
- Before your baby is born
- After your baby is born
- Miscarriage and stillbirth
- Adoption and fostering
- Children's rights and policy
- Services and supports for children
- Getting married
- Married couples
- Civil partnerships
- Cohabiting couples
- Parenting alone
- Problems in marriages and other relationships
- Separation, divorce and dissolution
- Civil annulment
Becoming a Parent Are you or is someone you know about to become a parent? A guide to State services in Ireland and overview of some of the issues that will concern you, whatever your situation.
Breakdown of a marriage or other relationship The breakdown of a marriage or other relationship is a difficult and traumatic process. This document outlines the various issues that may arise.
Relationships and your rights in Ireland Information on your legal and civil rights in relationships with a focus on cohabiting relationships, marriage, the status of same-sex relationships and the rights of grandparents.
Family benefits and entitlements There is a range of social welfare, tax and employment related benefits and entitlements available to families in Ireland, depending on their circumstances.
Benefits and entitlements relating to birth There is a range of social welfare benefits and employment entitlements to support women who are having a baby. Read about them here.
Registrars of Births, Marriages and Deaths
This document explains the requirement to register life events and lists the phone numbers of superintendent registrars of births, marriages and deaths throughout Ireland.
Family Support Agency
The Family Support Agency promotes local family support, helps prevent marital breakdown and supports ongoing parenting relationships with children. Find out more about it here.
EU and family law
The role of the EU in family law is mainly concerned with ensuring that decisions made in one country can be implemented in another. It also has a role in trying to establish which country has jurisdiction to hear a particular case.
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