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Unavailable assets and maintenance orders

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Published on: 18 September 2015

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Article summary

Family analysis: Discussing the court’s decision in Joy v Joy-Morancho, Sofia Dionissiou-Moussaoui, partner at DWFM Beckman, says this is the first case she is aware of where a party has been able to successfully demonstrate to the court that the substantial assets being attributed to them are not available to the court for distribution.

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