Key Features:A comprehensive commentary of the law and practice relating to family proceedings
- Authoritative writing in a clear and accessible format
- Up to date coverage of the most recent cases in private and public law relating to children
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Contains an improved page layout with key point summaries and practical checklists
- New chapters covering mediation and money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and its increasing importance in family law; the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Family Law
Description:
A Practical Approach to Family Law provides a clear picture of the law and practice relating to family proceedings in family proceedings courts, county courts, and the High Court. Both students and practitioners will find that the book helps them to deal confidently with most problems in the family law field.
The seventh edition provides updated information on changes to public funding and pension sharing. New chapters explore the importance of mediation, the complexities of money laundering and the recently introduced maintenance calculation for child support.
Case law developments on ancillary relief awards are discussed in detail, notably LAMBERT 2003 and the chapter on welfare benefits takes account of the new child tax and working tax credits. Reference is also made to the changes to the law on children contained in the Adoption and Children Act 2002, to be implemented in 2004.
PREVIOUS EDITION: 1-85431-874-8 published 2000
Contents:
Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
List of abbreviations
1. The first interview
2. Money laundering
3. Community legal service and public funding for family proceedings
4. Mediation
5. The ground for divorce and the five facts
6. Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage
7. Jurisdiction in divorce, nullity and judicial separation suits
8. Public funding and undefended divorces
9. Drafting the divorce petition
10. Undefended divorce: procedure for obtaining the decree
11. Amended, supplemental and new petitions
12. Defended divorces
13. Protection of respondents in separation cases, ss.5 and 10, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
14. Judicial
15. Nullity
16. Ancillary relief orders available
17. Procedure for ancillary relief applications
18. Factors to be considered for ancillary relief applications
19. Child Support
20. Preventing and setting aside dispositions under .s37, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
21. Collection and enforcement of ancillary relief orders
22. Variation of ancillary relief orders
23. Tax considerations
24. Occupation orders and non-molestation orders
25. The home: preventing a sale or mortgage
26. Keeping up with the mortgage or rent
27. The question of wills
28. The Children Act 1989: general principles, parental responsibility orders in family proceedings, section 8 orders, guardianship orders and family proceedings, financial provision and property adjustment for children
29. The procedure for orders under the Children Act 1989
30. Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction
31. Preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction and tracing a lost child
32. Children in local authority care
33. Emergency protection of children
34. Section 27, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
35. Separation and maintenance agreements
36. Section 17, Married Women's Property Act 1882
37. Welfare benefits
38. The local authority and housing
39. Cohabitants
40. The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on family life
- Authoritative writing in a clear and accessible format
- Up to date coverage of the most recent cases in private and public law relating to children
NEW TO THIS EDITION:
- Contains an improved page layout with key point summaries and practical checklists
- New chapters covering mediation and money laundering under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and its increasing importance in family law; the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Family Law
Description:
A Practical Approach to Family Law provides a clear picture of the law and practice relating to family proceedings in family proceedings courts, county courts, and the High Court. Both students and practitioners will find that the book helps them to deal confidently with most problems in the family law field.
The seventh edition provides updated information on changes to public funding and pension sharing. New chapters explore the importance of mediation, the complexities of money laundering and the recently introduced maintenance calculation for child support.
Case law developments on ancillary relief awards are discussed in detail, notably LAMBERT 2003 and the chapter on welfare benefits takes account of the new child tax and working tax credits. Reference is also made to the changes to the law on children contained in the Adoption and Children Act 2002, to be implemented in 2004.
PREVIOUS EDITION: 1-85431-874-8 published 2000
Contents:
Preface
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Statutory Instruments
List of abbreviations
1. The first interview
2. Money laundering
3. Community legal service and public funding for family proceedings
4. Mediation
5. The ground for divorce and the five facts
6. Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage
7. Jurisdiction in divorce, nullity and judicial separation suits
8. Public funding and undefended divorces
9. Drafting the divorce petition
10. Undefended divorce: procedure for obtaining the decree
11. Amended, supplemental and new petitions
12. Defended divorces
13. Protection of respondents in separation cases, ss.5 and 10, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
14. Judicial
15. Nullity
16. Ancillary relief orders available
17. Procedure for ancillary relief applications
18. Factors to be considered for ancillary relief applications
19. Child Support
20. Preventing and setting aside dispositions under .s37, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
21. Collection and enforcement of ancillary relief orders
22. Variation of ancillary relief orders
23. Tax considerations
24. Occupation orders and non-molestation orders
25. The home: preventing a sale or mortgage
26. Keeping up with the mortgage or rent
27. The question of wills
28. The Children Act 1989: general principles, parental responsibility orders in family proceedings, section 8 orders, guardianship orders and family proceedings, financial provision and property adjustment for children
29. The procedure for orders under the Children Act 1989
30. Wardship and the inherent jurisdiction
31. Preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction and tracing a lost child
32. Children in local authority care
33. Emergency protection of children
34. Section 27, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
35. Separation and maintenance agreements
36. Section 17, Married Women's Property Act 1882
37. Welfare benefits
38. The local authority and housing
39. Cohabitants
40. The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on family life