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Dr Geoffrey Shannon explores child and family law in new book

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Dr Geoffrey Shannon, a leading authority on child law and family law, examines, analyses and explains the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 in a new book published by Clarus Press.

Children and Family Relations Law in Ireland: Practice and Procedure addresses a wide range of new issues, including:

  • parental rights in diverse family arrangements;

  • parentage in cases of assisted reproduction;

  • the establishment of a national donor-conceived person register;

  • the “best interests” principle with regard to children;

  • joint adoption for civil partners/co-habiting partners;

  • access entitlements for a wider range of people;

  • defined maintenance provisions for civil partners and cohabiting partners living with a child for a certain amount of time;

  • provisions to help “make parenting work”;

  • the formalisation of the relationship between a child and their de facto parent.

    • It also addresses the six new different pathways to guardianship, expanding the duties, obligations and rights of guardians and thereby further bolstering the rights of children.

    Dr Shannon is the current special rapporteur on child protection and is deputy director of education at the Law Society of Ireland.

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