https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/family-law/ Recent content in Family Law on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/family-law/chinese-family-law/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/china/family-law/chinese-family-law/ <h2 id="sources-of-chinese-family-law">Sources of Chinese Family Law</h2> <p>Chinese family law is now codified in Book V of the Civil Code of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China, which entered into force on 1 January 2021. Book V, comprising Articles 1041-1118, is entitled Marriage and Family (婚姻家庭编 — Hūnyīn Jiātíng Biān) and replaces the Marriage Law of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China of 1980 (as amended in 2001) and the Adoption Law of 1991. The incorporation of family law into the Civil Code represents the culmination of a decades-long codification project and marks a significant modernisation of the legal framework governing marriage and family relations.</p>