Part II Divorce and Separation

Court orders

F42 Divorce and separation.

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F43 Circumstances in which orders are made.

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F44 Conversion of separation order into divorce order.

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Marital breakdown

F45 Marital breakdown.

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F46 Statement of marital breakdown.

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Reflection and consideration

F47 Period for reflection and consideration.

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F48 Attendance at information meetings.

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F49 Arrangements for the future.

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Orders preventing divorce

F410 Hardship: orders preventing divorce.

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Welfare of children

F411 Welfare of children.

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Supplementary

F412Rules about procedure

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Resolution of disputes

F413 Directions with respect to mediation.

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F414 Adjournments.

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Financial provision

F415 Financial arrangements.

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F418 Grounds for financial provision orders in magistrates’ courts.

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Jurisdiction and commencement of proceedings

F419 Jurisdiction in relation to divorce and separation.

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F420 Time when proceedings for divorce or separation begin.

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Intestacy

F421 Intestacy: effect of separation.

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Marriage support services

C122 Funding for marriage support services.

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The F3Secretary of State may, with the approval of the Treasury, make grants in connection with—

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the provision of marriage support services;

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research into the causes of marital breakdown;

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research into ways of preventing marital breakdown.

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Any grant under this section may be made subject to such conditions as the F3Secretary of State considers appropriate.

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In exercising his power to make grants in connection with the provision of marriage support services, the F3Secretary of State is to have regard, in particular, to the desirability of services of that kind being available when they are first needed.

F423 Provision of marriage counselling.

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Interpretation

F424 Interpretation of Part II etc.

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F425 Connected proceedings.

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