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		<title>Divorce – petitioner’s guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divorce is the process which legally ends a marriage. You cannot issue a petition for divorce unless you have been married for more than 1 year and are able to prove to the court that you have reasons (or “grounds”) for saying the marriage has “irretrievably broken down”. The court will accept one or more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce – respondent’s guide</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Divorce is the process which legally ends a marriage. A petition for divorce cannot be issued unless you have been married for more than 1 year and your husband or wife are able to prove to the court that they have reasons (or “grounds”) for saying the marriage has “irretrievably broken down”. The court will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children – range of Orders made by the Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:51:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Children Act 1989 governs the law relating to children. Any disputes over the welfare of a child which are not brought by a local authority social services department are termed private law Children Act proceedings.
Parents who are separating or already separated and who cannot agree the arrangements for the children should consider attending mediation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children &#8211; Court Procedure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Issue of application

Applications are usually started in the County Court but are occasionally started in the Family Proceedings Court (Magistrates Court). In a divorce or dissolution case the proceedings are started in the same court as the divorce or dissolution.
Once the application has been issued the applicant must serve a copy of the application together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Child Maintenance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CSA is now administered by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). CMEC has set up the Child Maintenance Options service to help parents understand the full range of options and choose the child maintenance arrangement which best suits their particular circumstances. This service is available by phone ( 0800 988 0988) online (www.cmoptions.org) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances – what orders can the Court make?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During or after a divorce or dissolution the court’s assistance may be necessary to settle a financial dispute or to approve the terms of an agreement reached between the parties. The making of a financial order is known as ‘ancillary relief’. The court can make one or more of the following orders:-

Avoidance of disposition order
This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finances – Court Procedure</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During or after a divorce or dissolution you will need to consider the financial implications of ending the relationship and if there are assets how they will be divided between you. For simplicity the expressions ‘husband’ and ‘wife’ in this fact sheet will also mean
civil partner.
We will not be able to advise you on terms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matters to which the Court has regard when deciding how to distribute assets upon a divorce or dissolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 contains the matters to which the court is to have regard when deciding how to distribute assets between parties.
Section 25 (1) requires the court to have regard to all the circumstances of the case, first consideration being given to the welfare of a minor child of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police pensions on divorce and dissolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering a financial settlement the police pension is an asset, which is taken into account when dividing the finances. Usually in police cases, the pension is the second most valuable asset in the marriage/civil partnership after the family home. In some cases it is the most valuable asset. For simplicity in this fact sheet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pre-nuptial agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 10:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A pre-nuptial (also referred to as a pre-marital agreement) is an agreement entered into by a couple before marriage and sets out their intentions as to the division of the assets in the event that the marriage breaks down.
Although pre-nuptial agreements are not specifically enforceable in English law they may have evidential weight when the [...]]]></description>
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