Online divorceWhere a divorce is proceeding via the online service note that while rules relating to divorce proceedings are generally to be found in...
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...
The Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955 (FPR 2010) have introduced a change in the terminology in divorce proceedings. There are, however, some...
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...
This Practice Note outlines the key procedural requirements for an application for entry clearance as the fiancé(e), proposed civil partner, spouse,...
Divorce procedure varies significantly between jurisdictions in a number of ways including the requirements for divorce, the length of time it takes...
AdulteryIn relation to a divorce in which a party wishes to rely on adultery, in the absence of an admission by the respondent, the adultery must be...
Chapter 6 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955 governs service in respect of family proceedings, including divorce, subject to...
It is an unfortunate aspect of family law that in some cases extremely serious incidents of domestic violence characterise the relationship. In such...
Section 1 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 states that, provided one year has passed since the date of the marriage, a petition for divorce may be...
Sections 8–10A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 set out bespoke the circumstances in which the decree nisi might not be made absolute. However, none...
In the case of an undefended petition for divorce, the parties will typically receive notice of the date, time and place of the hearing of the decree...