Part II Divorce and Separation
Court orders
F62 Divorce and separation.
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F63 Circumstances in which orders are made.
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F64 Conversion of separation order into divorce order.
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Marital breakdown
F65 Marital breakdown.
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F66 Statement of marital breakdown.
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Reflection and consideration
F67 Period for reflection and consideration.
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F68 Attendance at information meetings.
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9 Arrangements for the future.
1
The requirements as to the parties’ arrangements for the future are as follows.
2
One of the following must be produced to the court—
a
a court order (made by consent or otherwise) dealing with their financial arrangements;
b
a negotiated agreement as to their financial arrangements;
c
a declaration by both parties that they have made their financial arrangements;
d
a declaration by one of the parties (to which no objection has been notified to the court by the other party) that—
i
he has no significant assets and does not intend to make an application for financial provision;
ii
he believes that the other party has no significant assets and does not intend to make an application for financial provision; and
iii
there are therefore no financial arrangements to be made.
3
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4
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5
The requirements of section 11 must have been satisfied.
6
Schedule 1 supplements the provisions of this section.
7
If the court is satisfied, on an application made by one of the parties after the end of the period for reflection and consideration, that the circumstances of the case are—
a
those set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1,
b
those set out in paragraph 2 of that Schedule,
c
those set out in paragraph 3 of that Schedule, or
d
those set out in paragraph 4 of that Schedule,
it may make a divorce order or a separation order even though the requirements of subsection (2) have not been satisfied.
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Orders preventing divorce
F610 Hardship: orders preventing divorce.
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Welfare of children
F611 Welfare of children.
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Supplementary
F612Rules about procedure
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Resolution of disputes
F613 Directions with respect to mediation.
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F614 Adjournments.
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Financial provision
F615 Financial arrangements.
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F618 Grounds for financial provision orders in magistrates’ courts.
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Jurisdiction and commencement of proceedings
F619 Jurisdiction in relation to divorce and separation.
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F620 Time when proceedings for divorce or separation begin.
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Intestacy
F621 Intestacy: effect of separation.
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Marriage support services
C122 Funding for marriage support services.
1
The F5Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make grants in connection with—
a
the provision of marriage support services;
b
research into the causes of marital breakdown;
c
research into ways of preventing marital breakdown.
2
Any grant under this section may be made subject to such conditions as the F5Secretary of State considers appropriate.
3
In exercising his power to make grants in connection with the provision of marriage support services, the F5Secretary of State is to have regard, in particular, to the desirability of services of that kind being available when they are first needed.
F623 Provision of marriage counselling.
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Interpretation
F624 Interpretation of Part II etc.
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F625 Connected proceedings.
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