Family law

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• 2003:376 Cohabitees Act (external link)

  SFS 2003:376 Sambolag
  Link to HomO's website

• 1997:192 Intercountry Adoption Intermediation Act (external link)

  SFS 1997:192 Lag om internationell adoptionsförmedling
  Link to The Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority's website (starts on page 8)

• 1997:191 Act consequent upon Sweden's accession to The Haag Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (external link)

  SFS 1997:191 Lag med anledning av Sveriges tillträde till Haagkonventionen om skydd av barn och samarbete vid internationella adoptioner
  Link to The Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority's website (starts on page 7)

• 1993:335 The Children's Ombudsman Act (external link)

  SFS 1993:335 Lag om Barnombudsmannen
  Link to The Children's Ombudsman's website

• 1987:230 Marriage Code

  SFS 1987:230 Äktenskapsbalk
  The translation from 1995 is available as papercopy from Swedish statutes in translation
  For chapter 5, 6, 14 please see below
  For the information material "Gender-neutral marriage and marriage ceremonies" please see below

• Chapter 5 Divorce, 6, 14 Maintenance (external link)

  Link to The Commission on European Family Law's website

• 1982:670 The Names Act

  SFS 1982:670 Namnlag
  The translation is available from Swedish statutes in translation

• 1976:834 Foreign Adoption Orders (Approval) Ordinance (external link)

  SFS 1976:834 Förordning om prövning av utländskt beslut om adoption
  Link to The Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority's website (starts on page 7)

• 1971:796 Act on International Legal Relations Concerning Adoption (external link)

  SFS 1971:796 Lag om internationella rättsförhållanden rörande adoption
  Link to The Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority's website (starts on page 6)

• 1958:637 Inheritance Code

  Ärvdabalk
  The translation of chapter 1-3, 7 from 1995 is available as papercopy from Swedish statutes in translation
  

• 1949:381 The Children and Parents Code

  SFS 1949:381 Föräldrabalk
  The translation from 1995 is available as papercopy from Swedish statutes in translation
  For chapter 4, 6 and 21 please see below
  For the information material "Parents and children" please see below

• Chapter 4 Adoption (external link, pdf)

  Link to The Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority's website (starts on page 3)

• Chapter 6, 21 Custody, residence and contact

• 1937:81 Act on conflict of laws in regard to succession

  SFS 1937:81 Lag om internationella rättsförhållanden rörande dödsbo

• Background reading

• Family law

  Ministry of Justice, 2010

• Gender-neutral marriage and marriage ceremonies

  Ministry of Justice, 2009

• More time for young children

  Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2008

• Parents and children - information about current legislation

  Ministry of Justice, 2008

• Legal Provisions Concerning Adoption (excerpts), (external link, pdf)

  Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, 2006
  

• Custody of Children

  Ministry of Justice, 2006

• Cohabitees and their joint homes

  Ministry of Justice, 2003

• Homosexual partnership and adoption

  Ministry of Justice, 2003

• Getting divorced when you have children (external link, pdf)

  Brochure, 2000 on The National Board of Health and Welfare's website

• Internationales Ehe- und Kindschaftsrecht

  Bergmann, Alexander ...
  Internationales Ehe- und Kindschaftsrecht mit Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht
  6. Aufl. 1983 -. Frankfurt am Main : Verlag für Standesamtswesen, 1983 -
  14 vol.
  ISBN 3-8019-1000-8