Family Law & Family Rights Section

Co Chairs

Ms Inger Blackford

Co Chair

Mr Ranjit Malhotra
Advocate
Malhotra & Malhotra Associates
584 Sector 16-D
Chandigarh 160 015
INDIA
Phone: 91 172 771 443 or 542 2443
Fax: 91 172 254 5443
malhotrasunilindia@yahoo.co.in

Deputy Chair

Mr Anil Malhotra

Background & Overview

The LAWASIA Family Law & Family Rights Section was formed for the following reasons:

1. To establish a vehicle for the free interchange of information between the lawyers of LAWASIA about developments in the area of Family Law, and laws protecting human rights of families and children;

2. To be an advocate for the human rights of families and children; and

3. To provide lawyers of the Asia-Pacific region, greater facilities for input in the formation of international treaties and laws relating to families and children.

The Section arranges a biennial Children and the Law Conference which has become a must- attend event for both lawyers and their industry partners in the child justice sector.

Family Law News

NRI's abandoned brides seminar

Surfing the Seas of Family Law

Family Matters

The Business of Babies

Members of Family Law & Family Rights Committee at the recent 20th Biennial LAWASIA Conference in Hong Kong.

Regional & Country Representatives

The Family Law & Family Rights Section has developed a list of national representatives from many of LAWASIA's member countries who will contribute latest news and information on Family Law from their home jurisdition:

Family Law & Family Rights Section Articles

Following are articles relating to Family Law issues in the Asia Pacific region.

• Attorney-General Media Release: Child Abduction Talks With Indonesia media contact Michael Pelly
• Conflict of Jurisdictions in Interparental Child Custody Disputes - The Indian Experience by Anil Malhotra and Ranjit Malhotra
• Shamala's Case by Ravi Nekoo
• Note on Family Law: the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Robin Egerton
• Malaysia's Family Law: Custody and Religion by Foo Yet Ngo