Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

Preface

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Table of Statutory Instruments

List of abbreviations

1 The first interview

2 Money laundering

3 Community legal service and public funding for family proceedings

4 Mediation

5 The ground for divorce and the five facts

6 Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage

7 Jurisdiction in divorce, nullity and judicial separation suits

8 Public funding and undefended divorces

9 Drafting the divorce petition

10 Undefended divorce: procedure for obtaining the decree

11 Amended, supplemental and new petitions

12 Defended divorces

13 Protection of respondents in separation cases, ss. 5 and 10, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

14 Judicial

15 Nullity

16 Ancillary relief orders available

17. Procedure for ancillary relief applications

18. Factors to be considered for ancillary relief applications

19. Child Support

20. Preventing and setting aside dispositions under .s37, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

21. Collection and enforcement of ancillary relief orders

22. Variation of ancillary relief orders

23. Tax considerations

24. Occupation orders and non-molestation orders

25. The home: preventing a sale or mortgage

26. Keeping up with the mortgage or rent

27. The question of wills

28. The Children Act 1989: general principles, parental responsibility orders in family proceedings, section 8 orders, guardianship orders and family proceedings, financial provision and property adjustment for children

29. The procedure for orders under the Children Act 1989

30. Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction

31. Preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction and tracing a lost child

32. Children in local authority care

33. Emergency protection of children

34. Section 27, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

35. Separation and maintenance agreements

36. Section 17, Married Women's Property Act 1882

37. Welfare benefits

38. The local authority and housing

39. Cohabitants

40. The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on family life

A Practical Approach to Family Law provides a clear picture of the law and practice relating to family proceedings in family proceedings courts, county courts, and the High Court. Both students and practitioners will find that the book helps them to deal confidently with most problems in the family law field. The seventh edition provides updated information on changes to public funding and pension sharing.

New chapters explore the importance of mediation, the complexities of money laundering and the recently introduced maintenance calculation for child support. Case law developments on ancillary relief awards are discussed in detail, notably LAMBERT 2003 and the chapter on welfare benefits takes account of the new child tax and working tax credits. Reference is also made to the changes to the law on children contained in the Adoption and Children Act 2002, to be implemented 2004.