Family law is a set of legal rules and principles governing family relations , ie . Personal legal and property relations of family members and family members to third parties . First of all , the norms of family law governing marriage and marital relations , and relations between parents and children . Family relations , which regulates the legal rules of family law , the special social relations in every society , and the legal system , because of its importance enjoy special legal protection . The importance of these relationships is that they develop and raise offspring , ensuring the survival of individuals , and thus the community , and that through them meet the biological , emotional and other intimate human needs . Legislation specific subjects of family law relations , conditions for their development , the legal effects they produce, as well as assumptions and the effects of the termination of those relationships. The right to marry and the right to found a family shall be guaranteed in accordance with the national laws governing the exercise of these rights