In extensive areas of private law namely in the law of obligations endeavours to comprehensively harmonize and unify different legal systems were already commen... » 

In extensive areas of private law namely in the law of obligations endeavours to comprehensively harmonize and unify different legal systems were already commenced in the second half of the twentieth century. However family law has only followed suit in very recent times. This Model Family Code aims at contributing to future discussion on the harmonization and hopefully even unification of family law. The Model Family Code has attempted to address all aspects of Partnerships and of Parents and Children which constitute the core areas of any family law. It is elaborated from a global rather than a European perspective. In many cases it was explicitly inspired by solutions offered under Canadian Australian and New Zealand legal systems. Furthermore it goes beyond the common core of the solutions found in domestic laws in search of the best solution and removes all discrepancies existing in these laws due to somewhat patchwork development thereby creating a wholly autonomous and consistent system of family law based on modern solutions. The Model Family Code offers a mere framework for discussion a ldquoskeletonrdquo that enables different family policies and realities as well as cultural systems and values to be incorporated. It expressly seeks to utilise new terminology thereby consciously departing from the myriad of national legal terms which are burdened with historical connotations in the respective countries.nbspnbsp «