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Table of Statutory Instruments |
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Chapter 1 The cohabitation relationship |
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3 | (24) |
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3 | (3) |
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2 Social background and the impetus for reform |
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6 | (5) |
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3 Characteristics of the cohabitation relationship |
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11 | (5) |
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16 | (7) |
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23 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 The status of children |
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27 | (20) |
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1 Parental status (Parentage) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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3 Parental responsibility |
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29 | (10) |
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39 | (2) |
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5 Adoption and infertility treatment |
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41 | (6) |
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47 | (38) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (10) |
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3 Owner occupied property |
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58 | (12) |
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70 | (15) |
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Chapter 4 Tax, pensions and social security |
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85 | (20) |
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1 Income tax and tax credits |
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85 | (1) |
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2 Tax Credits (including Universal Credit) |
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86 | (5) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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6 Welfare benefits and pensions |
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94 | (11) |
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Chapter 5 Inheritance and succession |
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105 | (20) |
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106 | (13) |
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119 | (3) |
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3 Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme |
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122 | (3) |
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Chapter 6 Cohabitants and matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings |
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125 | (18) |
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125 | (1) |
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2 Cohabitants and divorce or dissolution |
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125 | (1) |
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3 Cohabitants and children |
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126 | (3) |
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4 Cohabitation and financial provision on divorce or dissolution |
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129 | (14) |
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Part II Relationship breakdown |
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Chapter 7 Domestic abuse and the family home |
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143 | (44) |
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146 | (7) |
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153 | (28) |
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3 Emergency accommodation |
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181 | (6) |
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Chapter 8 The status of children on relationship breakdown: resolving disputes under the Children Act 1989 |
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187 | (54) |
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187 | (2) |
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2 General principles -- s 1 CA 1989 |
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189 | (2) |
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3 Parental responsibility on relationship breakdown |
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191 | (8) |
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4 The welfare of the child |
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199 | (12) |
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211 | (24) |
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6 Appointment of guardians, parental responsibility and child arrangements (`lives with') orders |
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235 | (1) |
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7 Family assistance orders |
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235 | (2) |
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237 | (1) |
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9 Jurisdiction and procedure |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Financial provision for children |
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241 | (28) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (9) |
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3 Orders for financial provision under Sch 1 CA 1989 |
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252 | (6) |
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4 Criteria for making orders under Sch 1 CA 1989 |
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258 | (3) |
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261 | (2) |
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6 Time for applying and duration of orders |
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263 | (2) |
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7 Alteration of maintenance agreements |
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265 | (1) |
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8 Enforcement of orders and preserving assets |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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10 Legal aid and the statutory charge |
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266 | (3) |
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Chapter 10 The family home on relationship breakdown: rented property |
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269 | (26) |
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269 | (2) |
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2 Transfer of tenancy orders (Sch 7 FLA 1996) |
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271 | (8) |
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3 Transfer of tenancy order (Sch 7 FLA 1996) or transfer of property order (Sch 1 para 1(2)(e) CA 1989)? |
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279 | (3) |
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282 | (4) |
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5 Limits to the FLA 1996 provisions |
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286 | (1) |
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6 Joint tenancies -- the general position |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (3) |
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8 Tenancies governed by the Housing Act 1988 |
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290 | (2) |
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292 | (2) |
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10 Checklist for disputes concerning the rented family home |
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294 | (1) |
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Chapter 11 The family home on relationship breakdown: owner-occupied property and other arrangements |
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295 | (42) |
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295 | (4) |
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2 Establishing legal ownership |
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299 | (4) |
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303 | (1) |
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4 Joint tenants in equity |
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304 | (1) |
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5 Tenants in common in equity |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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8 Express, resulting and constructive trusts |
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308 | (4) |
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9 Quantification of shares on breakdown |
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312 | (3) |
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315 | (2) |
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11 The leading cases (Stack v Dowden and Jones v Kernott) |
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317 | (3) |
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12 The application process under's 14 TLATA 1996 |
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320 | (3) |
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13 Alternative occupation rights |
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323 | (2) |
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14 Transfer and settlement of property orders for children |
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325 | (2) |
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327 | (2) |
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16 Negative equity and mortgage arrears |
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329 | (2) |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (1) |
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19 Proceedings under the Married Women's Property Act 1882 and the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1970 |
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334 | (1) |
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20 Practitioners' checklist on cohabitant co-ownership disputes |
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335 | (2) |
| Appendix: Comparative overview of rights of married couples, civil partners and cohabitants |
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337 | (4) |
| Index |
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