By Jill M. Black, Jane Bridge, Tina Bond

Description

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. 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 LPC lecturers and the more complex practitioner texts.

Contents

Pt. I General matters 1

1 The first interview 3

2 Community Legal Service Fund and public funding for family proceedings 16

3 The Civil Partnership Act 2004 41

Pt. II Divorce : the decree : civil partnership : the dissolution order 45

4 The ground for divorce and the five facts 47

5 Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage 60

6 Jurisdiction in divorce and proceedings to disolve a civil partnership 63

7 Drafting a divorce petition 68

8 Undefended divorce : procedure for obtaining the decree 90

9 Amended, supplemental, and new petitions 123

10 Protection of respondents in separation cases : ss. 5 and 10, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 126

Pt. III Ancillary relief after divorce 131

11 Ancillary relief orders available 133

12 Procedure for ancillary relief applications 151

13 Factors to be considered on ancillary relief applications 217

14 Child Support Act 1991 and subsequent amendments 241

15 Preventing and setting aside dispositions unders. 37, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 255

16 Collection and enforcement of ancillary relief orders 259

17 Variation of ancillary relief orders 263

Pt. IV Financial provision and property during marriage 267

18 Financial provision and property during marriage 269

19 Separation and maintenance agreements 286

Pt. V Taxation 291

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Published Year: 2007 Format: Paper Back ISBN: 9780199205455 Publisher: Oxford University Press No of Pages: 540 Our Price: £ 27.99 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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