SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Financial relief in England and Wales after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership

Part 1Financial relief

Leave of court required for making of application

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1

No application for an order under paragraph 9 or 13 shall be made unless the leave of the court has been obtained in accordance with rules of court.

2

The court shall not grant leave under this paragraph unless it considers that there is substantial ground for the making of an application for such an order.

3

The court may grant leave under this paragraph notwithstanding that an order has been made by a court in a country outside England and Wales requiring the other civil partner to make any payment, or transfer any property, to the applicant or to a child of the family.

4

Leave under this paragraph may be granted subject to such conditions as the court thinks fit.