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Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; Long title: An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to matrimonial proceedings, maintenance agreements, and declarations of legitimacy, validity of marriage and British nationality, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission. Citation: 1973 c. 18: Territorial extent England and ...
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 Description English: An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to matrimonial proceedings, maintenance agreements, and declarations of legitimacy, validity of marriage and British nationality, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; The Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878 was the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 108) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 61) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 144)
The government held that the changes were the biggest reform of England and Wales's divorce laws since the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, and that the laws would reduce the impact that allegations of blame could have on families, as under previous law one spouse was required to make accusations about the other's conduct in order to be granted a ...
Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41 was a Supreme Court of the United Kingdom case involving the divorce of Mr and Mrs Owens, a couple who had married in 1978. The Supreme Court upheld a decision made at trial, and previously upheld by the Court of Appeal, to refuse a contested divorce petition by Mrs Owens, on the basis that the trial judge could not conclude that Mr Owens's behaviour towards his ...
The courts powers derive in large part from the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, and in particular section 25(2) which sets out the statutory checklist of factors that should be taken into account. The court can order lump sum payments, property adjustment orders (e.g. requiring a property is transferred into the ownership of a husband or wife ...
English: An Act to amend the Matrimonial Homes Act 1967, and to make further provision as to the rights of husbands and wives to possession or occupation of any matrimonial home or former matrimonial home, and as to orders for the sale of property under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.