Recognition of overseas divorce: Not common knowledge

Weightmans LLP | Family Law Journal | May 2018 #176
Lottie Tyler looks at the law on the recognition of an overseas divorce and the court‘s interpretation in a case involving issues as to sharia law and notice of proceedings ‘To be recognised, a divorce obtained through legal proceedings has to be effective under the law of the country in which it was obtained.‘ In …

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Recognition Of Overseas Divorce: Deceptive means

Child Law Partnership | Family Law Journal | September 2015 #149
Rita Veitch outlines the courts’ approach to recognition of an overseas divorce and the circumstances in which recognition may be refused ‘The court has a discretion to refuse to recognise an overseas divorce and it is on this basis that the wife made her claim.’ With increasing international mobility family lawyers are more and more …

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