Divorce
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on divorce. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.02.2013 | Divorce: Repeal of Family Law Act 1996 Part II |
| Part 2 of the Family Law Act 1996, most of which has never been brought into force, would have introduced 'no fault divorces' and required the parties to a divorce to attend 'information meetings' with a view to encouraging reconciliation where possible. A series of information meeting pilot schemes was launched in June 1997 following which Lord Irvine of Lairg, who was then Lord Chancellor, announced, in January 2001, that the Government would invite Parliament to repeal Part 2 once a suitable legislative opportunity occurred. He confirmed that this decision would not affect section 22, in Part 2, relating to the funding of marriage support services, which had been brought into force and would remain so. | |
| 12.09.2012 | Financial provision orders on the breakdown of a relationship |
| During or after a divorce, annulment of a marriage or civil partnership, judicial separation, or dissolution of a civil partnership, the court can make an order for financial provision. In September 2012, the Government published draft legislation for pre-legislative scrutiny, which could require divorcing couples in dispute about money or property to be assessed for mediation. The Law Commission is conducting a project examining various aspects of the law relating to the financial consequences of divorce and dissolution of civil partnership. | |
| 06.02.2012 | Pension sharing on divorce |
| This note looks at the introduction of provisions allowing pension sharing on divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership and at some recent changes to the rules. | |
| 16.09.2011 | Children: Enforcement of contact orders |
| This note outlines the powers of enforcement available to the courts when a parent does not comply with a contact order. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.02.2013 | Children and Families Bill |
| The Children and Families Bill introduces a wide range of legislation concerning adoption and children in care, aspects of family justice law, special educational needs, the Office of the Children's Commissioner for England, child care, statutory rights to leave and pay for parents and adopters, time off work for ante-natal care, and the right to request flexible working. This paper has been prepared for the Second Reading of the Bill. | |
| 19.02.1999 | Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99) |
| Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/19. |
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 22.07.2010 | Financial provision orders on the breakdown of a relationship |
| During or after a divorce, annulment of a marriage, judicial separation, or dissolution of a civil partnership, the court can make an order for financial provision. ... | |
| 21.04.2010 | Divorce: Repeal of Family Law Act 1996 Part II |
| 20.11.2009 | Pension sharing on divorce |
| This note looks at the introduction of provisions allowing pension sharing on divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership and at some recent changes to the ru |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 19.02.1999 | Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99) |
