In dealing with financial provision on divorce the courts have the power to make a range of Orders including:-

Injunctions:

To prevent the disposal of assets (or to set transactions aside) pending a final resolution of issues.

Periodical payments:

Maintenance for spouses. The court’s ability to grant maintenance for children has been eroded since the creation of the CSA (now the Child Support Maintenance Enforcement Agency).

Lump Sum/Property Adjustment Order:

Gives the court the ability to settle capital payments or direct the sale or transfer of land.

Pension Sharing Orders:

Directing that pension funds in the name of one party be removed into a fund in the name of the other.

“Clean Break”:

In each case the court is required to consider whether each party’s financial claims against the other should be finally dismissed – wholly or in part.

In deciding what Orders are appropriate your advisers (or in default a Judge) must take into account first the needs of any minor children and thereafter a checklist of criteria including amongst others the parties’ financial resources, needs, their age, health and the contributions which they have made to the marriage. It will be seen that the court has a wide discretion and it is for this reason that expert advice is necessary – since each case is likely to turn on its own facts.

We have a team of experienced solicitors skilled at providing advice and representation within this field.

We are able to offer specialist advice.

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