Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

""Historical introduction. The policy of the family provision. Conflict of laws. Applicants. Reasonable provision. Reasonable provision for different classes of applicant. The deceased's net estate. Procedure. The order. The effect of the Act on the administration of the estate. Northern Ireland. Appendices: Statistics of applications. Notes on cases.""

"" This book answers two questions - firstly the practical question of whether a particular applicant is entitled to be awarded provision by the court and if so, how much; and secondly, the theoretical question of why such an award is made. This edition is fully amended and updated in accordance with legal developments since the second edition, including expansion of the Appendices to include the text of the 1975 Act as amended, the relevant Rules of Court and precedents, as well as unreported cases and case summaries. The detailed, practical approach is reinforced by the inclusion of checklists and flowcharts.""