Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984
Abolition of actions of breach of promise of marriage, adherence and enticement
1Promise of marriage not an enforceable obligation
2Actions of adherence and enticement abolished
Abolition of miscellaneous rules relating to husband and wife
3Curatory after marriage
4Abolition of husband's right to choose matrimonial home
5Abolition of certain rules relating to antenuptial marriage contracts
6Abolition of husband's remaining liability for wife's debts incurred before marriage
7Abolition of praepositura
8Abolition of husband's liability for wife's judicial expenses when neither a party nor dominus litis
General
9Consequential amendments and repeals
10Citation etc.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Enactments Amended
Court of Session Act 1850 (c.36)
1In section 16 (certain enactments to apply to actions of...
Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861 (c.86)
2In section 19 (interpretation), in the definition of " consistorial...
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c.51)
3In section 5 (extension of jurisdiction), in subsection (2), omit...
Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c.37)
4In section 6 (jurisdiction of the sheriff in certain actions...
Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972 (c.18)
5In section 4 (power of sheriff to make provisional maintenance...
Matrimonial Proceedings (Polygamous Marriages) Act 1972 (c.38)
6In section 2, in paragraph (e) of subsection (2), omit...
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c.27)
7In Schedule 8, in paragraph 2, in rule (5), omit...
SCHEDULE 2Enactments Repealed

Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984

1984 Chapter 15

An Act to amend the law relating to husband and wife and breach of promise of marriage and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—