Family Law Act 1996

[F1 Effect of remarriage or subsequent civil partnership] E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7 para. 13: cross-heading substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(18); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

[F2 13 (1) If after the [F3 making of an order] dissolving or annulling a marriage either spouse remarries or forms a civil partnership, that spouse is not entitled to apply, by reference to the [F3 making of that order,] for a Part II order. E+W

(2) If after the making of a dissolution or nullity order either civil partner forms a subsequent civil partnership or marries, that civil partner is not entitled to apply, by reference to the making of that order, for a Part II order.

(3) In sub-paragraphs (1) and (2)—

(a) the references to remarrying and marrying include references to cases where the marriage is by law void or voidable, and

(b) the references to forming a civil partnership include references to cases where the civil partnership is by law void or voidable.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 7 para. 13 substituted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 82, 263, Sch. 9 para. 16(18); S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

F3 Words in Sch. 7 para. 13(1) substituted (6.4.2022) by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11), s. 8(1)(8), Sch. para. 54(4); S.I. 2022/283, reg. 2