Family Law 2009: LPC Guide Book

General matters
1. The first interview
2. Community legal service fund and public funding for family proceedings
Divorce: the decree
3. The Civil Partnership Act 2004
4. The ground for divorce and the five facts
5. Bar on presentation of divorce petitions within one year of marriage
6. Jurisdiction in divorce and proceedings to disolve a civil partnership
7. Drafting a divorce petition
8. Undefended divorce: procedure for obtaining the decree
9. Amended, supplemental, and new petitions
10. Protection of respondents in separation cases: ss. 5 and 10, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
Ancillary relief after divorce
11. Ancillary relief orders available
12. Procedure for ancillary relief applications
13. Factors to be considered on ancillary relief applications
14. Child Support Acts 1991 and subsequent amendments
15. Preventing and setting aside dispositions under s. 37, Matrimonial Causes Act 1973
16. Collection and Enforcement of ancillary relief orders
17. Variation of ancillary relief orders
Financial provision and property during marriage
18. Financial provision and property during marriage
19. Separation and maintenance agreements
Taxation
20. Tax considerations
Welfare benefits
21. Welfare benefits
Occupation orders and non-molestation orders: Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996
22. Occupation orders and non-molestation orders: Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996
General matters concerning the home and other property
23. The home: preventing a sale or mortgage
24. Establishing an interest in property - section 17, Married Women's Property Act 1882 and the law relating to constructive and resulting trusts
25. The question of wills
Children
26. The Children Act 1989 - the section 8 orders and general principles
27. Procedures for obtaining a section 8 order
28. Preventing the removal of a child from the jurisdiction
29. Children in local authority care
30. Emergency protection of children
Cohabitants
31. Cohabitants
The Human Rights Act 1998
32. The Human Rights Act 1998 and its impact on family law