Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

Part I - Proceedings for: Divorce

Judicial Separation

Nullity

Presumption of Death and Dissolution

Declaration of Marital Status

Declaration of Parentage

Legitimacy and Legitimation: The Divorce Petition. Requirements on Issue of Petition. Procedure - from Issue of Petition to Directions for Trial under Special Procedure Provisions. Answer and Subsequent Pleadings. Amended, Further and Supplemental Petitions. Judicial Involvement Leading to Decree Nisi. Decree Absolute. Disposal of Suit other than by Decree. Other Matrimonial Decrees. Declaratory Decrees. Part II - Financial Applications: Financial Applications within Proceedings under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Other Financial Applications Governed by the Family Proceedings Rules 1991. Financial Applications Governed by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. Part III - Children: Section 41 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Children - Private Law Issues. Wardship and Child Abduction. Locating the whereabouts of a Child. Children and Financial Applications. Part IV - Injunctions and Enforcement: Family Homes and Domestic Violence. Emergency Applications. Procedures for the Enforcement of Financial and Costs Orders. Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders. Penal Notices and Committal Applications. Part V - The Court Record: The Court Record. Appendices: Appendix A: Precedents and Forms (30). Appendix B: Blood and DNA Tests. Appendix C: Other Information.

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This is a guide for all family lawyers, designed to be equally useful as an aide-memoire for the hard-pressed, experienced practitioner and as an introductory text for the newly qualified. It aims to help the busy practitioner avoid the most common pitfalls encountered when following procedure and preparing documents for presentation to the court, thereby avoiding unnecessary work and the possibility of incurring a wasted cost order, whilst contributing to speeding up the whole process.

This book offers step-by-step guidance through the procedures encountered both in everyday practice and in respect of less common applications. Fully up to date to take into account the ancillary relief scheme and including 30 precedents and forms, this book should prove a useful reference for the busy family lawyer.;As well as the above, the book covers pension-sharing orders and a new chapter on reciprocal enforcement of maintenance orders.