Document Category Family Laws

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Act to Amend Chapter 14 of the New Penal Code and To Provide for Gang Rape (2005)	2005, Criminal Law, Family Laws, Gender Laws, Health Laws, Human Rights Law, Legislative Acts by Subject	amendment of New Penal Code, bodily injury, capital offense for bail purposes, consent definition, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, first degree felony, foreign object penetration, gang rape, grading of offenses, in camera trial, lack of consent presumptions, Liberia National Transitional Government, Life Imprisonment, penetration, protection of victims, Rape, repeal of sections, second degree felony, sentencing, sexual intercourse definition, sexual offenses, sexual violence, statutory rape, use of deadly weapon, victim under eighteen	Download	act-to-amend-chapter-14-of-the-new-penal-code-and-to-provide-for-gang-rape-2005	amendment-of-new-penal-code bodily-injury capital-offense-for-bail-purposes consent-definition criminal-law criminal-procedure-law first-degree-felony foreign-object-penetration gang-rape grading-of-offenses in-camera-trial lack-of-consent-presumptions liberia-national-transitional-government life-imprisonment penetration protection-of-victims rape repeal-of-sections second-degree-felony sentencing sexual-intercourse-definition sexual-offenses sexual-violence statutory-rape use-of-deadly-weapon victim-under-eighteen	2005 criminal-law family-laws gender-laws health-laws human-rights-law legistlative-acts legislative-acts-by-year
Act to Establish the Ministry of Gender and Social Welfare (2013)	2013, Executive Law, Family Laws, Gender Laws	2013, administrative services, adolescent girls, adoption regulation, alternative care, annual reporting, anti-gender-based violence, budgeting and resource allocation, Chapter 38, child protection, Children and Social Protection Act, children and social protection policy, children’s homes, civil service administration, Department of Social Welfare, deputy ministers, elderly welfare, Executive Law, foster care, gender mainstreaming, gender policy, governance and public administration, government reorganization, human rights compliance, institutional reform, international conventions, marginalized groups, ministerial appointments, ministerial functions, ministerial mandate, ministerial structure, Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Gender and Development, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Ministry of Justice, monitoring and evaluation, national development planning, orphanages regulation, persons with disabilities, policy formulation, poverty and exclusion, procurement, public financial management, repeal and amendment, research policy and planning, social protection, statutory law, transfer of functions, transitional provisions, validity of prior acts, vulnerable groups, women’s empowerment	Download	act-to-establish-the-ministry-of-gender-and-social-welfare-2013	2013 administrative-services adolescent-girls adoption-regulation alternative-care annual-reporting anti-gender-based-violence budgeting-and-resource-allocation chapter-38 child-protection children-and-social-protection-act children-and-social-protection-policy childrens-homes civil-service-administration department-of-social-welfare deputy-ministers elderly-welfare executive-law foster-care gender-mainstreaming gender-policy governance-and-public-administration government-reorganization human-rights-compliance institutional-reform international-conventions marginalized-groups ministerial-appointments ministerial-functions ministerial-mandate ministerial-structure ministry-of-gender ministry-of-gender-and-development ministry-of-health-and-social-welfare ministry-of-justice monitoring-and-evaluation national-development-planning orphanages-regulation persons-with-disabilities policy-formulation poverty-and-exclusion procurement public-financial-management repeal-and-amendment research-policy-and-planning social-protection statutory-law transfer-of-functions transitional-provisions validity-of-prior-acts vulnerable-groups womens-empowerment	2013 executive-law family-laws gender-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts
Children’s Law (2011)	2011, Family Laws, Gender Laws, Human Rights Law	adoption, African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, alternative care, best interests of the child, child abuse and exploitation, child labor, child participation, child protection, child rights, child soldiers, child trafficking, child welfare, Children’s Law of Liberia, children’s rights legislation, Convention on the Rights of the Child, education rights, foster care, gender and children, health rights, international law domestication, juvenile justice, Liberia legislation, Ministry of Gender and Development, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National Child Well-being Council, parental responsibility, social protection, statutory law	Download	childrens-law-2011	adoption african-charter-on-the-rights-and-welfare-of-the-child alternative-care best-interests-of-the-child child-abuse-and-exploitation child-labor child-participation child-protection child-rights child-soldiers child-trafficking child-welfare childrens-law-of-liberia childrens-rights-legislation convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child education-rights foster-care gender-and-children health-rights international-law-domestication juvenile-justice liberia-legislation ministry-of-gender-and-development ministry-of-health-and-social-welfare national-child-well-being-council parental-responsibility social-protection statutory-law	2011 family-laws gender-laws human-rights-law legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts
Domestic Relations Law (1973)	Family Laws, Human Rights Law, Legislative Acts by Subject	absence of spouse, adoption, adoption of adults, adoption of minors, adultery, alimony, alimony pendente lite, annulment, ante-nuptial agreements, bonds for support, child custody, child support, children born out of wedlock, Circuit Court jurisdiction, civil law, confidentiality of matrimonial proceedings, custody of children, damages for injury to domestic relations, desertion, dissolution of marriage, divorce, domestic relations law, domestic violence remedies, family law, grounds for divorce, guardians in socage, guardianship, habeas corpus, imprisonment as ground for dissolution, incompatibility of temper, incurable insanity, injuries to domestic relations, jury trial in matrimonial actions, legitimation by subsequent marriage, legitimation of children, Marital Property, marriage, marriage license, marriageable age, married women’s property rights, matrimonial actions, nullity of marriage, parental support obligations, paternity, probate court jurisdiction, probate procedure, prohibited marriages, protection orders, rights and duties of married persons, sequestration of property, solemnization of marriage, spousal support, statutory law, support enforcement, support of dependents, Title 9 Liberian Code of Laws Revised, torts between spouses, visitation rights, void marriages, voidable marriages	Download	domestic-relations-law-1973	absence-of-spouse adoption adoption-of-adults adoption-of-minors adultery alimony alimony-pendente-lite annulment ante-nuptial-agreements bonds-for-support child-custody child-support children-born-out-of-wedlock circuit-court-jurisdiction civil-law confidentiality-of-matrimonial-proceedings custody-of-children damages-for-injury-to-domestic-relations desertion dissolution-of-marriage divorce domestic-relations-law domestic-violence-remedies family-law grounds-for-divorce guardians-in-socage guardianship habeas-corpus imprisonment-as-ground-for-dissolution incompatibility-of-temper incurable-insanity injuries-to-domestic-relations jury-trial-in-matrimonial-actions legitimation-by-subsequent-marriage legitimation-of-children marital-property marriage marriage-license marriageable-age married-womens-property-rights matrimonial-actions nullity-of-marriage parental-support-obligations paternity probate-court-jurisdiction probate-procedure prohibited-marriages protection-orders rights-and-duties-of-married-persons sequestration-of-property solemnization-of-marriage spousal-support statutory-law support-enforcement support-of-dependents title-9-liberian-code-of-laws-revised torts-between-spouses visitation-rights void-marriages voidable-marriages	family-laws human-rights-law legistlative-acts
Domestic Violence Act (2019)	2019, Criminal Law, Family Laws, Gender Laws, Human Rights Law	2019 Acts, CEDAW, child protection, civic education, Compensation, Convention on the Rights of the Child, counseling and rehabilitation, Criminal Law, destructive jealousy, domestic relations, domestic violence, Domestic Violence Act of 2019, dowry-related violence, economic abuse, elder protection, family law, felony of the second degree, gender-based violence, harassment, human rights, intimate partner violence, law enforcement duties, Liberia National Gender Policy 2009, Liberian Code of Laws Revised, mandatory reporting, medical practitioner duties, men’s rights, Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection, misdemeanor, offenses against the family, Penal Law, penalties, perpetrator rehabilitation, physical abuse, procedural safeguards, protective orders, psychological abuse, Republic of Liberia, restraining orders, sexual abuse, shelters, social protection, stalking, statutory amendment, statutory law, survivor support, Title 26, victim remedies, women’s rights	Download	domestic-violence-act domestic-violence-law-2019	2019-acts cedaw child-protection civic-education compensation convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child counseling-and-rehabilitation criminal-law destructive-jealousy domestic-relations domestic-violence domestic-violence-act-of-2019 dowry-related-violence economic-abuse elder-protection family-law felony-of-the-second-degree gender-based-violence harassment human-rights intimate-partner-violence law-enforcement-duties liberia-national-gender-policy-2009 liberian-code-of-laws-revised mandatory-reporting medical-practitioner-duties mens-rights ministry-of-gender-children-and-social-protection misdemeanor offenses-against-the-family penal-law penalties perpetrator-rehabilitation physical-abuse procedural-safeguards protective-orders psychological-abuse republic-of-liberia restraining-orders sexual-abuse shelters social-protection stalking statutory-amendment statutory-law survivor-support title-26 victim-remedies womens-rights	2019 criminal-law family-laws gender-laws human-rights-law legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts
Dual Citizenship Act (2022)	2022, Citizenship laws, Election Laws, Family Laws, Gender Laws	Aliens and Nationality Law, Central Bank of Liberia, citizenship by adoption, citizenship by birth, citizenship by marriage, citizenship law, constitutional law, dual citizenship, Due Process, elective public office, equal protection, foreign residence, legislation, Liberian diaspora, loss of citizenship, Minister of Defense, Minister of Finance and Development Planning, National Elections Commission, nationality law, naturalization, nunc pro tunc annulment., oath of allegiance, public office eligibility, restoration of citizenship, revocation of citizenship	Download	dual-citizenship-act-2022	aliens-and-nationality-law central-bank-of-liberia citizenship-by-adoption citizenship-by-birth citizenship-by-marriage citizenship-law constitutional-law dual-citizenship due-process elective-public-office equal-protection foreign-residence legislation liberian-diaspora loss-of-citizenship minister-of-defense minister-of-finance-and-development-planning national-elections-commission nationality-law naturalization nunc-pro-tunc-annulment oath-of-allegiance public-office-eligibility restoration-of-citizenship revocation-of-citizenship	2022 citizenship-laws election-laws family-laws gender-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts
Equal Rights of the Customary Marriage Law of 1998 (2003)	1998, 2003, Customary Laws, Family Laws, Gender Laws, Human Rights Law, Inheritance Laws	2003 Act, abolition of chattel doctrine, best interest of the child, child marriage prohibition, children law, children’s inheritance, collateral heirs, compulsory widow marriage, constitutional law, custody of minor children, customary law, customary marriage, customary spouse equality, decedent estates law, Decedent Estates Law Title 8, devolution of estates, Domestic Relations Law Title 9, Dower Rights, Equal Rights of Customary Marriage Law, exclusive property of wife, family law, forced marriage prohibition, freedom of marriage choice, gender equality, human rights, inchoate dower, inheritance law, Intestate Estate, Letters of Administration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, multiple widows, Probate Court, prohibition of dowry recovery, property rights of spouses, repeal of Aborigines Law, Republic of Liberia, rights of inheritance, statutory marriage, statutory reform, Supreme Court of Liberia, surviving spouse, widow’s rights, women’s rights	Download	equal-rights-of-the-customary-marriage-law-of-1998	2003-act abolition-of-chattel-doctrine best-interest-of-the-child child-marriage-prohibition children-law childrens-inheritance collateral-heirs compulsory-widow-marriage constitutional-law custody-of-minor-children customary-law customary-marriage customary-spouse-equality decedent-estates-law decedent-estates-law-title-8 devolution-of-estates domestic-relations-law-title-9 dower-rights equal-rights-of-customary-marriage-law exclusive-property-of-wife family-law forced-marriage-prohibition freedom-of-marriage-choice gender-equality human-rights inchoate-dower inheritance-law intestate-estate letters-of-administration ministry-of-foreign-affairs multiple-widows probate-court prohibition-of-dowry-recovery property-rights-of-spouses repeal-of-aborigines-law republic-of-liberia rights-of-inheritance statutory-marriage statutory-reform supreme-court-of-liberia surviving-spouse widows-rights womens-rights	1998 2003 customary-laws family-laws gender-laws human-rights-law inheritance-laws legislative-acts-by-year legistlative-acts
The Revised Act To Ban Trafficking in Persons Within the Republic of Liberia (2021)	2021, Criminal Law, Drugs Law, Family Laws, Gender Laws, Human Rights Law, Human Trafficking Laws, Legislative Acts by Subject	abuse of vulnerability, aggravated offenses, amendment of 2005 Act, asset forfeiture, asset seizure, border control, carrier sanctions, CEDAW, child labor, child trafficking, children and vulnerable persons, civil society participation, coercion, commercial transportation liability, Compensation, consent irrelevance, conspiracy and attempt, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Criminal Law, criminal offenses, data sharing, debt bondage, effective date, exploitation, forced labor, forfeiture of proceeds, freedom from forced labor, freedom from slavery, handbill publication, human rights, human rights law, human trafficking, ICCPR, illicit removal of organs, illicit trafficking in human beings, ILO conventions, immunity of victims, inter-agency coordination, international law domestication, international standards compliance, labor standards applicability, labor trafficking, Liberian statutes, medical and psychosocial care, migrant smuggling, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Labor, modern slavery, national action plan, national task force, non-criminalization of victims, obstruction of justice, organized crime, Palermo Protocol, penalties, prevention of trafficking, prevention strategy, prosecution of traffickers, rehabilitation and reintegration, repatriation, repeal of 2012 Penal Law provision, Restitution, restitution to victims, Revised Trafficking in Persons Act of 2021, sentencing guidelines, servitude, sex trafficking, shelters and services, slavery, Slavery Convention, statutory amendment, trafficking in persons, trafficking in persons act, transnational organized crime, travel document verification, treaty compliance, UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, victim immunity, victim protection, victim protection and assistance, witness protection	Download	the-revised-act-to-ban-trafficking-in-persons-within-the-republic-of-liberia-2021	abuse-of-vulnerability aggravated-offenses amendment-of-2005-act asset-forfeiture asset-seizure border-control carrier-sanctions cedaw child-labor child-trafficking children-and-vulnerable-persons civil-society-participation coercion commercial-transportation-liability compensation consent-irrelevance conspiracy-and-attempt convention-on-the-rights-of-the-child criminal-law criminal-offenses data-sharing debt-bondage effective-date exploitation forced-labor forfeiture-of-proceeds freedom-from-forced-labor freedom-from-slavery handbill-publication human-rights human-rights-law human-trafficking iccpr illicit-removal-of-organs illicit-trafficking-in-human-beings ilo-conventions immunity-of-victims inter-agency-coordination international-law-domestication international-standards-compliance labor-standards-applicability labor-trafficking liberian-statutes medical-and-psychosocial-care migrant-smuggling ministry-of-foreign-affairs ministry-of-gender ministry-of-health ministry-of-internal-affairs ministry-of-justice ministry-of-labor modern-slavery national-action-plan national-task-force non-criminalization-of-victims obstruction-of-justice organized-crime palermo-protocol penalties prevention-of-trafficking prevention-strategy prosecution-of-traffickers rehabilitation-and-reintegration repatriation repeal-of-2012-penal-law-provision restitution restitution-to-victims revised-trafficking-in-persons-act-of-2021 sentencing-guidelines servitude sex-trafficking shelters-and-services slavery slavery-convention statutory-amendment trafficking-in-persons trafficking-in-persons-act transnational-organized-crime travel-document-verification treaty-compliance un-convention-against-transnational-organized-crime victim-immunity victim-protection victim-protection-and-assistance witness-protection	2021 criminal-law drugs-law family-laws gender-laws human-rights-law human-trafficking-laws legistlative-acts legislative-acts-by-year

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