History Series / FamilyLaw2021

Not to be confused with the [[Series/FamilyLaw American 1999 Drama series]].

After her life falls apart, brilliant but arrogant lawyer Abigail Bianchi finds herself forced to work for her estranged father's law firm.

* CustodyBattle: Svensson & Sons (later Svensson & Svensson) specializes in family law, and thus a few episodes have them negotiating custody during divorce proceedings, most notably in "Addicted to Love", in which their client is a mother who also happens to be a video-game addict. In season 2, some of the protagonists face their own custody battles, as Abby loses custody of her kids to her cheating ex-husband while Lucy fights to be recognized as the co-parent of her ex-wife's daughter, who was conceived during the marriage.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Over the course of the series, Abigail slowly learns how to be a better person. Emphasis on "slowly".

** Harry's breaking point with [[spoiler: Crystal]] was when she used information he gave her in the bedroom to out a teenage trans girl, causing a huge backlash and media firestorm, just to enhance her brand.

* HistoryRepeats: Abby is worried about this when the kids overhear a nasty fight between her and Frank. She tells Lucy that she remembers how bad it was hearing her parents fight and is doing the same to her own kids.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Daniel has spent seven years faithfully working at his dad's law firm, but he's never really managed to escape his dad's shadow and now has to escape from Abby's shadow as well.

* LoopholeAbuse: The firm thinks they've got a fantastic class action lawsuit against a doctor who used his own sperm to impregnante over 50 women. Then the medical insurance company deems the doctor did this intentionally and thus they're not liable and the guy there Daniel talked to was just fired. The doctor relates that with his reputation destroyed and license revoked, he's now facing bankruptcy and so the massive lawsuit can only bear a $200,000 settlement, not nearly enough to cover what the firm has spent on the case.

* EveryoneHasStandards: For all that Harry is notorious for his harsh tactics, he is appalled when Abby suggests using spurious accusations of "vicious assault" to help the client of the week, a recovering game addict, win her custody battle against her ex-husband, as the first rule of family law is to ''always'' consider the kids' needs first, and it's not entirely clear that the kids would be well-served if their mom got sole custody. Subverted when, after Abby is out of earshot, he suggests that Daniel file her suggestion away in case they need it.

* CoolOldLady: Jerri, Harry's longtime business partner, is the one person at the firm that everyone gets along with, and the only co-worker that Abby genuinely likes.

* CustodyBattle: Svensson & Sons specializes in family law, and thus a few episodes have them negotiating custody during divorce proceedings, most notably in "Addicted to Love", in which their client is a mother who also happens to be a video-game addict. In season 2, some of the protagonists face their own custody battles, as Abby loses custody of her kids to her cheating ex-husband while Lucy fights to be recognized as the co-parent of her ex-wife's daughter, who was conceived during the marriage.

* HeteronormativeCrusader: In "Mama Don't Preach", Daniel and Abby take on a family who want to send their gay son into conversion therapy.

* MyGodYouAreSerious: The reaction of Abby's former boss when he realizes she's under the delusion she is ''ever'' going to work for him again after vomiting on a client in court. He swiftly sets her straight there is no chance he ever hires her back.

** Helen is stunned when Harry offers to be the sperm donor for her and her wife. Harry sees nothing wrong as this would mean "the child is actually yours," with Helen coldly stating the child will be theirs no matter whose sperm they use.

** In a talk of nature vs nurture, Abby scoffs to Harry that "if that were true, I'd be a lot more like you." Daniel and Helen laugh that "you're more like Harry than both of us put together," with Abby instantly denying it even as anyone else could tell that's right.

** In a talk of nature vs nurture, Abby scoffs to Harry that "if that were true, I'd be a lot more like you." Daniel and Lucy laugh that "you're more like Harry than both of us put together," with Abby instantly denying it even as anyone else could tell that's right.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Abby and Daniel are rocked when their client reveals he was part of a polyamorous relationship... with the wife being a right-wing blogger who rails on LGBT people "ruining traditional marriage."

** Helen is stunned when Harry offers to be the sperm donor for her and her wife. Harry sees nothing wrong as this would mean "the child is actually yours" with Helen coldly stating the child will be theirs no matter whose sperm they use.

* BittersweetEnding: "Until Death Do Us Part" ends with Abby and Daniel winning their latest case, but the case involves a couple who practically raised Daniel after Harry divorced his mother, and watching their marriage dissolve leaves him in such a low mood that he calls off his engagement to Danielle.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In the penultimate episode of season 1, Daniel quits the firm, incensed that Harry continues to deny him a partnership and pissed that Harry [[spoiler:has been secretly dating Crystal Steele.]]

* MiddleChildSyndrome: Abigail, the oldest Svensson child, was a highly experienced lawyer before losing her old job, and Luce, the youngest, is an accomplished therapist. Daniel, the middle child, is a junior partner at his dad's law firm who not only has to live up to his dad's reputation, but also has to escape from his half-sister's looming shadow.

* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Harry can be a bit too "old school" in his attitudes toward modern cases. A good example is when he sees two people with Down's Syndrome, talks of how "those two are obviously..." and everyone has to cut him off before he actually says "retarded" in public.

** A lot of Abby's issues can be traced back to her parents' bitter divorce, her mother's drinking as a way of coping with said divorce, and her father's refusal to recognize her as his daughter for years afterwards.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Abby and Daniel are rocked when their client reveals he was part of a polyamorous relationship...with the wife being a right-wing advocate who rails on LGBT people "ruining traditional marriage."