Family Law regulated within the scope of the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 is explained under headings such as engagement, marriage, divorce, adoption, property regimes, family residence, parentage, custody, alimony/child support, guardianship. What are the meanings of these terms, let’s take a look at them now.
It is the name given to the agreement in which a woman and a man promise to marry each other after a certain period of time before marriage. Today, the engagement made by the public is in accordance with the condition sought by the laws in the legal field, and engagement ceremonies have no legal equivalent.
It is the name given to the official meeting of a man and woman who fulfill the marriage conditions in the Turkish Civil Code No. 4721 before the official authorities, and finally repeat the marriage declarations verbally. A large part of Family Law is devoted to marriage.
It is the name given to the situation where the marriage is terminated as a result of the reasons specified in the law. The subject of divorce is one of the main titles of Family Law, and its outcome varies according to the subject of the event. Divorce cases and related compensation cases are the subject of family law. Divorce lawyers are lawyers with experience in family law.
It is the name given to the situation where a family passes a child to their population after fulfilling the necessary conditions specified in the law, whether or not they have children.
It is one of the main titles of Family Law, which examines the immovables purchased by the spouses before and after marriage and how the money they earn will be shared immediately after marriage, divorce and death. Since this subject has a very difficult structure, it is constantly the subject of discussion.
It is the house where the spouses live together during the marriage. In our title of Family Housing Assurance, it covers the house in which the spouses live, which belongs to them. It does not cover the house or houses they own for investment purposes.
The legal equivalent is the relationship between mother, father and children. Although the lineage is acquired by birth, the lineage can be corrected as a precautionary measure or permanently with a court decision as a result of corrections made as a result of some incomplete and incorrect situations in the population records.
According to the law, it is the case that the parents of the minor children are left by the parents until the age of majority (18 years old) by the court after the divorce. After the divorce process takes place, custody can change hands by court decision. One of the results of divorce cases is the decision whether the custody of the child or children will be the mother or the father in the couples who have children. In custody cases, the absolute best interests of the child are taken into consideration. In general, lawyers who handle custody cases are called custody lawyers or divorce lawyers.
It is the name given to the money that must be paid from one spouse to the other after the end of the marriage institution or at the stage of divorce, in order to prevent one of the spouses from having financial difficulties and on behalf of the expenses of the joint child.
It is the name given to the situation of representing people who do not have the ability to make decisions and who have physical or mental disabilities. This decision is made by the court.