Family Law

by Black, Jill; Bridge, Jane; Bond, Tina

• ISBN13: 9780199205455
• ISBN10: 0199205450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-05-17
• Publisher: Blackstone Press

Summary

This book is a guide to understanding the basics of Family Law from a UK perspective. Offering material that is highly practical in nature and providing a concise account of the major aspects of the subject area. 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 students and new practitioners. The 2007 edition has been updated to include more thorough coverage of civil partnerships, and also now covers public law relating to children. Using checklists and self-test questions as well as examples, the book offers a bridge between the notes and exercises provided by law professors and more complex practitioner texts.

Author Biography

Dame Jill Black QC is a High Court Judge of the Family Division. She was previously a lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University.
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

Preface

Table of Cases

Table of Statutes

Table of Statutory Instruments

Table of Secondary Legislation

General Matters

The first interview

Community legal service fund and public funding for family proceedingsDivorce: 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, Matrimonial

Causes Act 1973

Ancillary 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 1995

Preventing and setting aside dispositions under s. 37, Matrimonial Causes

Act 1973

Collection and Enforcement of ancillary relief orders

Variation of ancillary relief orders

Taxation

Tax considerations

Welfare Benefits

Welfare benefits

Occupation 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 Act1996

General Matters concerning the home and other property

The home: preventing a sale or mortgage

The question of wills

Children

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

Financial provision and property during marriage

Financial provision and property during marriage

Separation and maintenance agreements

Section 17, Married Women's Property Act 1882

Cohabitants

The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on family law

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