Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
Applications for judicial separation are relatively rare in practice. It may arise where the client has strong religious and or cultural reasons for...
This Practice Note sets out the basic principles to be applied when drafting a financial consent order including the preparation and structure of the...
The basis of Duxbury calculationsA Duxbury calculation is an actuarial calculation designed to identify the capital sum required to meet a periodical...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
Online divorceOn 6 May 2018 the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) launched its online divorce service nationwide for the public acting as litigants in person....
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) sets out the grounds on which a marriage is void or voidable and the bars preventing the grant of a decree...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
A decree of nullity granted after 31 July 1971 in respect of a voidable marriage operates to annul the marriage with effect from decree absolute and...
Section 4(1) of the Child Support Act 1991 (CSA 1991) provides that a person who is, in relation to any qualifying child or any qualifying children,...
An application can be made to the court for a 'top-up' maintenance order where a maintenance calculation has been undertaken by the Child Maintenance...
The jurisdiction of the courts to deal with applications for maintenance for the benefit of children is set out in Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989...
The court has limited powers to make financial awards in cases where parents are unmarried. The significant powers contained in the Matrimonial Causes...
Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) enables the court to make orders for financial provision for the benefit of a child against the other...
Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989), the court may make, on the application of a child who has reached the age...
This document provides general guidance regarding financial provision for children. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the Family Division, regarding all proceedings in the Family Court in...
An application under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) is defined as a financial remedy by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI...
Applications under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) are governed by the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955. FPR 2010,...
The pre-application requirement for attendance at a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM) is set out in the Family Procedure Rules 2010...
The decision in Mountney v Treharne provides authority for the general principle that a property adjustment order made before the presentation of the...
The usual rule as to costs under the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 28.3 (ie generally no order as to costs save in exceptional...
The provisions of section 37 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973) (and the Civil Partnership Act 2004 equivalent) apply only to proceedings...
Financial remedies include an order under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) in accordance with Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI...