Family Law 2008

by Bond, Tina; Black DBE, Jill M.; Bridge, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780199532384
• ISBN10: 0199532389
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Family Law offers a guide to the essential law, practice, and procedure that is at the heart of the Legal Practice Course. Offering material that is highly practical in nature and providing a concise account of the major aspects of the subject area, this text is an excellent guide for LPC candidates who need to develop a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of the law and procedure in a short period of time. This edition has been revised to include the latest developments in the legal field and discusses the relevant law likely to be encountered by the trainee solicitor in practice. Using sample forms, checklists and self-test questions as well as examples, the book offers a bridge between the notes and exercises provided by LPC lecturers and the more complex practitioner texts. Online Resource Center The 2009 edition will be accompanied by an Online Resource Center which will provide updates on any developments in the area of family law.

Author Biography

Dame Jill Black DBE is a High Court Judge of the Family Division. She was previously a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University and is also a co-author of A Practical Approach to Family Law Jane Bridge is a Barrister, a family mediator (UKCFM) and co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Family Law Act 1996 and A Practical Approach to Family Law Tina Bond is a practising Solicitor and a Senior Lecturer in family law at the University of Northumbria. She is co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Family Law Act 1996 and A Practical Approach to Family Law

Table of Contents

General matters

The first interview

Community legal service fund and public funding for family proceedings

Civil PartnershipsDivorce: the decree

The ground for divorce and the five facts

Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage

Jurisdiction in divorce

Drafting a divorce petition

Undefended divorce: procedure for obtaining the decree

Amended, supplemental, and new petitions

Protection of respondents in separation cases: ss. 5 and 10, MatrimonialCauses Act 1973Ancillary relief after divorce

Ancillary relief orders available

Procedure for ancillary relief applications

Factors to be considered on ancillary relief applications

Child Support Acts 1991 and subsequent amendments

Preventing and setting aside dispositions under s. 37, Matrimonial CausesAct 1973

Collection and Enforcement of ancillary relief orders

Variation of ancillary relief ordersFinancial provision and property during marriage

Financial provision and property during marriage

Separation and maintenance agreementsTaxation

Tax considerationsWelfare benefits

Welfare benefitsOccupation orders and non-molestation orders: Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996

Occupation orders and non-molestation orders: Part IV of the Family Law Act1996General matters concerning the home and other property

The home: preventing a sale or mortgage

Establishing an interest in property - section 17, Married Women's PropertyAct 1882 amd the law relating to constructive and resulting trusts

The question of willsChildren

The Children Act 1989 - the section 8 orders and general principles

Procedures for obtaining a section 8 order

Preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction

Children in local authority care

Emergency protection of childrenCohabitants

The Human CohabitantsThe Human Rights Act 1998

The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impoact on family law

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