Abstract: The 5th Dialogue Forum between Judges and Scholars and the Conference of New Issues and New Prospect of Family Law was held in Jinan in September 2008, which was co-sponsored by the Civil Business Law Science Research Center at People's University of China, the Supreme People's Court, and People's Court Press, assisted by Decisions Interpretations Series Editorial Office and the Intermediate People's Court in Jinan City, Shandong province. With the combination of scholars' theoretical innovation and judges' practical experience, this forum aimed to make furthur explorations and discussions about some heated and difficult issues under the title of "New Issues and New Prospects of Family Law", such as the rules application of community property in property law, the puzzling problem of invalid marriage system application, the application of Article 46 in Marriage Law, the legal application of homosexuality and pseudo-marriage relations, etc.