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Description
The legal rules that govern family-related disputes between individuals such as marriages, child adoption, civil unions, etc.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 3 occupations
- Optional in 6 occupations
- Total: 9 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 3 (Technicians and associate professionals)
Essential for
- Legal guardianLegal guardians legally assist and support minor children, mentally disabled persons or incapacitated older adults in their personal life. They can manage their property, help with…
- Family support workerFamily support workers provide emotional and practical help and advice to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, mari…
- Family social workerFamily social workers provide emotional and practical help and advice to families that go through difficulties such as addictions, disabilities, sickness, imprisoned parents, marit…
Optional for
- JudgeJudges preside over, review and handle court cases, hearings, appeals, and trials. They ensure that court procedures conform to conventional legal processes and review evidence and…
- Social workerSocial workers are practice-based professionals who promote social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. They interact with individ…
- Social care workerSocial care workers provide support and help people with care services. They help people to live full and valued lives in the community. They assist babies, young children, adolesc…
- LawyerLawyers provide legal advice to clients and act on their behalf in legal proceedings and in compliance with the law. They research for, interpret and study cases to represent…
- ConsulConsuls represent governments in foreign institutions such as embassies in order to facilitate economic and political cooperation between the two nations. They protect the interest…
- Justice of the peaceA Justice of the Peace (JP) is an appointed or elected public official who serves as a part-time magistrate and performs various administrative and judicial duties within their jur…
Related skills
- Advocate for social service users
- Apply person-centred care
- Assess the development of youth
- Promote the safeguarding of young people
- Legal requirements in the social sector
- Contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- Involve service users and carers in care planning
- Assist families in crisis situations
- Undertake continuous professional development in social work
- Relate empathetically
- Build helping relationship with social service users
- Respond to enquiries
Last updated on February 18, 2026
