ABSTRACT

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

part |2 pages

PART I: MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION

chapter 1|4 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 1|2 pages

3 THE FUNCTION OF FAMILY LAW

chapter 1|1 pages

4 FAMILY LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS

chapter 1|2 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|10 pages

MARRIAGE

chapter 3|1 pages

NULLITY

chapter 3|6 pages

2 NULLITY (MCA 1973, ss 11–13)

chapter 3|3 pages

4 BARS TO A NULLITY SUIT

chapter 3|2 pages

NULLITY

chapter 4|5 pages

2 CONSORTIUM

chapter 5|12 pages

THE UNMARRIED FAMILY

part |2 pages

PART II: DIVORCE

chapter 6|8 pages

HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO DIVORCE

chapter 7|9 pages

THE MODERN LAW OF DIVORCE

chapter 7|1 pages

THE MODERN LAW OF DIVORCE

chapter |1 pages

ALTERNATIVES DURING THE FIRST YEAR

chapter 9|7 pages

DESERTION AND CONSTRUCTIVE DESERTION

chapter 9|2 pages

DESERTION AND CONSTRUCTIVE DESERTION

chapter 10|18 pages

THE SEPARATION DECREES

chapter 11|32 pages

DIVORCE PROCEDURE

part |2 pages

PART III: FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN

chapter 12|1 pages

ANCILLARY RELIEF: THE BASIC LAW

chapter 12|27 pages

2 THE COURT’S DISCRETIONARY JURISDICTION

chapter 12|8 pages

6 THE CLEAN BREAK (MCA 1973, s 25A)

chapter 12|1 pages

ANCILLARY RELIEF: THE BASIC LAW

chapter |3 pages

PROPERTY ORDERS

chapter 13|15 pages

QUANTUM, VARIATION AND APPEALS OUT OF TIME

chapter 13|2 pages

QUANTUM, VARIATION AND APPEALS OUT OF TIME

chapter 14|20 pages

ANCILLARY RELIEF PROCEDURE

chapter 15|9 pages

CHILD SUPPORT

chapter 15|3 pages

6 FUTURE SETTLEMENT OF CHILD MAINTENANCE

chapter 15|2 pages

CHILD SUPPORT

chapter 16|8 pages

THE MATRIMONIAL HOME

chapter 16|2 pages

THE MATRIMONIAL HOME

chapter 20|6 pages

5 BANKRUPTCY

chapter |2 pages

WHERE THE HOME CANNOT BE SAVED

chapter 21|5 pages

5 PERSONALTY

chapter |3 pages

RESULTING AND CONSTRUCTIVE TRUSTS

part |2 pages

PART IV REFORM OF THE LAW OF DIVORCE, SEPARATION ON MARRIAGE BREAKDOWN AND ANCILLARY RELIEF

part |2 pages

PART V: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

chapter 23|20 pages

THE REFORMED LAW OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

part |2 pages

PART VI: CHILDREN

chapter 24|3 pages

THE CHILDREN ACT 1989

chapter 24|11 pages

2 PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

chapter 24|2 pages

7 WELFARE REPORTS

chapter 24|2 pages

THE CHILDREN ACT 1989

chapter 25|26 pages

THE CHILDREN ACT 1989: SECTION 8 ORDERS

chapter 26|17 pages

THE CHILDREN ACT 1989: PUBLIC LAW ORDERS

chapter |1 pages

PROCEDURE AND EVIDENCE

chapter 27|10 pages

WARDSHIP AND THE INHERENT JURISDICTION

chapter 28|2 pages

CHILD ABDUCTION

chapter 28|10 pages

2 CHILD ABDUCTION ACT 1984

chapter 28|2 pages

CHILD ABDUCTION

chapter 29|12 pages

ADOPTION

chapter 30|8 pages

HUMAN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION

chapter |1 pages

FURTHER READING

chapter 2|3 pages

MARRIAGE

chapter 27|1 pages

WARDSHIP AND THE INHERENT JURISDICTION

chapter 30|2 pages

HUMAN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION