Part IIU.K. Divorce and Separation

Valid from 13/05/2014

Reflection and considerationE+W

Prospective

F17 Period for reflection and consideration.E+W

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Textual Amendments

F1Pt. II repealed (except for s. 22) (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(1), 139(4)

Prospective

F18 Attendance at information meetings.E+W

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Textual Amendments

F1Pt. II repealed (except for s. 22) (13.5.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 18(1), 139(4)

9 Arrangements for the future.E+W

(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)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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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Textual Amendments