Source Currency: Volume 39, Issue 1, 1 April 2025. Int J Law Policy Family (2025) 39 (1): 1 Articles Unreported nuptial agreements in England and Wales The new Dutch default community of acquests regime: key innovations from a comparative perspective Unblocking the implementation of altruistic surrogacy in Portugal: inclusive legal reform proposals through a comparative analysis Dilemmas of children's participation and the role of practice guidelines: the views of judicial decision-makers in Norway Marital rules for unmarried couples: Feminist objections to a feminist proposal Application of the 2007 Hague Maintenance Convention post-Brexit: implications for international maintenance obligations Cross-border child abduction from the UK: comparative analysis of Polish and Lithuanian court cases Accommodating family diversity and social parenthood within constitutional conservatism: A comparative analysis of Irish and Polish Law Parental union in Quebec: a model for recognizing cohabitants? Prohibiting commercial surrogacy in Ireland Substantive equality for women in distribution of matrimonial property: Uganda's contribution-based approach Disbelieving children's disclosures and disregarding children's views: what children's appeals of parenting orders in New Zealand can teach about the harmful impact of ignoring children in care proceedings Pension sharing on divorce: why do we do it, and how might we do things differently? Recognition and protection of queer families in European family law A search for consistency in ECtHR decisions on the recognition of parenthood following surrogacy Judicial treatment of applications for joint physical custody in Belgium: criteria considered and underlying family normativities Reviews Book Reviews: Changing Families, Changing Family Law in Europe Book Reviews: The Gender of Capital: How Families Perpetuate Wealth Inequality Book Reviews: Barnekonvensjonen i norsk rett Book Reviews: Social Parenthood in Comparative Perspective Book Reviews: The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child: A Commentary.

The subject matter of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family comprises the following: analyses of the law relating to the family which carry an interest beyond the jurisdiction dealt with, or which are of a comparative nature; theoretical analyses of family law; sociological literature concerning the family which is of special interest to law and legal policy; social policy literature of special interest to law and the family; literature in related disciplines (such as medicine, psychology, demography) which is of special relevance to law and the family; research findings in the above areas; reviews of books and relevant reports. Online ISSN: 1464-3707 Print ISSN: 1360-9939.