Civil Partnership Act 2004

Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates' Courts Act 1978 (c. 22) E+W

57 E+W In section 4 (duration of orders for financial provision for a party to a marriage), in subsection (2)—

(a) after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

(b) after “the remarriage” insert “ or formation of the civil partnership ”.

58 (1) Amend section 35 (orders for repayment in certain cases of sums paid after cessation of order by reason of remarriage) as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

(b) in paragraph (b), after “that remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”.

(3) In subsection (7)—

(a) in paragraph (a), after “remarriage of” insert “ , or formation of a civil partnership by, ”, and

(b) in the words following paragraph (b)—

(i) after “the remarriage” insert “ or the formation of that civil partnership ”, and

(ii) after “had remarried” insert “ or formed a civil partnership ”.

(4) In the heading to section 35, after “remarriage” insert “ or formation of civil partnership ”.