Maintenance pending suit: Reasonable and required?

Lupton Fawcett | Family Law Journal | November 2021 #208
Andrew Smith provides a guide to the key principles to be applied on an application for maintenance pending suit and procedural points Maintenance pending suit will often not be reflective of longer term periodical payments and so it isn’t particularly necessary to go into longer term need for expenditure, especially that which is needed post-financial …

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Financial Provision After Overseas Divorce: Second bite

Paris Smith LLP | Family Law Journal | March 2015 #144
Frank Prior considers whether Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 remains a relevant option ‘Part III, MFPA 1984 meant that the courts of England and Wales had the discretion to make financial provision following overseas divorces, subject to certain criteria being met.’ I suspect I will find you shivering with cold …

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Interim Orders: Short-term measures

Rayden Solicitors | Family Law Journal | July/August 2014 #138
Kate Elliott reports on the interplay between the validity of a divorce, jurisdiction, and interim orders for maintenance and costs ‘If the non-proceedings divorce was recognisable in this jurisdiction then the wife had no right to apply for relief under Part III, MFPA 1984.’ The decision in MET v HAT [2013] raises interesting issues as …

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