ABSTRACT

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |10 pages

Divorce law

chapter |38 pages

The ground for divorce

The ground for divorce and the five facts

chapter |24 pages

Practical considerations

chapter |26 pages

Drafting

chapter |44 pages

Divorce procedure

Financing the suit, ancillary proceed- ings and child disputes

part |2 pages

Section 2 Children – Handling child-related issues on marriage breakdown

chapter |64 pages

The Children Act 1989

A new approach to child disputes

part |2 pages

Section 3 Financial relief on marriage breakdown – legal options, workable solutions, legal aid, tax and welfare benefits

chapter |56 pages

Ancillary relief: the basic law

Orders which the court may make

chapter |24 pages

The matrimonial home

The policy of homes for all

chapter |8 pages

Preventing evasion of liability or enforcement of orders

Preserving the assets against which orders are made

chapter |12 pages

Variation

Principles of variation

chapter |18 pages

Ancillary relief procedure

chapter |14 pages

Taxation

chapter |18 pages

Welfare benefits

part |2 pages

Section 4 Matrimonial jurisdiction independent of the decrees: the DPMCA 1978, MCA 1973 s 27 and agreements outside court proceedings

part |2 pages

Section 5 The home and contents: occupation and owner-ship issues on marriage breakdown

part |2 pages

Section 6 Domestic violence injunction

part |2 pages

Section 7 Cohabitation

chapter |10 pages

The unmarried family

chapter |4 pages

Draft petition

chapter |4 pages

Draft Answer

chapter |6 pages

Instructions to Counsel

chapter |10 pages

Affidavits of means

chapter |8 pages

Consent orders