ABSTRACT: Accompanying the man throughout his life, the family proved to be one of the oldest and most stable forms of human community, which ensures the perpetuation of the species, the evolution and the continuity of the social life. Many approaches understand the family as a basic social form, based on marriage, which consists of the husband, wife and their descendants. The family is the basic cell of society, it is the one that makes man go from selfishness to altruism, the place where

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... lations and joys are shared. The family is the first divine settlement, founded by God for man in heaven. The family is the fundamental institution in all societies. So it is a relatively permanent social group of individuals linked by origin, marriage or adoption. KEYWORDS: family, family functions, matrimonial regime