Legislation concerning law of domestic relations

Children

• Paternity and co-motherhood
• Custody and residence
• Contact with the child
• Guidance note on lawyer’s fees and expenses arising from casework on contact and residence (2024)  You can find the newest Faroese version here 

Adoption

• Foreign adoption, stepchild adoption, kinship adoption, adoptive placement and revocation

Maintenance

• Child maintenance (birth maintenance, contribution to birth expenses, christening/naming maintenance, confirmation contribution and educational contribution included)
• Spousal maintenance

Guardianship

• Institution and change, guardians, and children and minors

Lasting Power of Attorney (Framtíðarfulltrú)

• Lasting Power of Attorney

Spouses

• Marriage
• Marital settlement

Divorce

• Separation and divorce