Family law

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• Translations (Swedish Code of Statutes)

• 2003:376 Cohabitees Act (external link)

  SFS 2003:376 Sambolag
  Cohabitees Act on the website of HomO

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

  SFS 1997:192 Lag om internationell adoptionsförmedling Intercountry Adoption Intermediation Act on the website of the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA and document Legal provisions concerning adoption, 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
  Act consequent upon Sweden´s accession to The Haag Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption on the website of the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, page 7

• 1994:1117 Registered Partnership Act (external link)

  SFS 1994:1117 Lag om registrerat partnerskap
  Registered Partnership Act on the website of the website of the Ombudsman against discrimination because of sexual orientation

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

  SFS 1993:335 Lag om Barnombudsmannen
  The Children's Ombudsman Act on the website of the Children's Ombudsman

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

  SFS 1976:834 Förordning om prövning av utländskt beslut om adoption
  Foreign Adoption Orders (Approval) Ordinance on the website of the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, page 7

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

  SFS 1971:796 Lag om internationella rättsförhållanden rörande adoption
  Act on International Legal Relations Concerning Adoption on the website of the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, page 6

• 1949:381 The Children and Parents Code

  SFS 1949:381 Föräldrabalk 6 kap, 21 kap.
  For Chapter 4 on adoptions please see below.

• 1949:381 and 1998:319 The Children and Parents Code (external link, pdf)

  SFS 1949:381 och 1998:319 Föräldrabalk 4 kap. Om adoption
  The Children and Parents Code, Chap. 4 Adoption on the website of the Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, page 3

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

  SFS 1937:81 Lag om internationella rättsförhållanden rörande dödsbo

• Background reading

• More time for young children

  Brochure, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2008

• Parents and children - information about current legislation

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 2008

• Cohabitees and their joint homes

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice, 2003

• Homosexual partnership and adoption

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2003

• Custody of Children

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Justice, 2006

• Children and abuse

  Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2002

• Custody, residence and contact

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Justice, 1998

• Family law - information on the rules

  Booklet, Ministry of Justice

• Financial support for families with children

  Fact sheet, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, 2007

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

  Swedish Intercountry Adoptions Authority, MIA, 2006