Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

9E+WWhere the party chargeable under a maintenance agreement within the meaning of section 34 above died before 17th August 1957, then—

(a)subsection (1) of that section shall not apply to the agreement unless there remained undistributed on that date assets of that party’s estate (apart from any property in which he had only a life interest) representing not less than four-fifths of the value of that estate for probate after providing for the discharge of the funeral, testamentary and administrative expenses, debts and liabilities payable thereout (other than any liability arising by virtue of that subsection); and

(b)nothing in that subsection shall render liable to recovery, or impose any liability upon the personal representatives of that party in respect of, any part of that party’s estate which had been distributed before that date.