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Family law [2021] JRC 106

H v J

H v J (Matrimonial) 31-Mar-21 [2021] JRC 106 (31 March 2021)

The Registrar refused to approve a draft consent order in matrimonial proceedings because it was inherently unfair, with no adequate capital or pension compensation for the wife.

  • Consent orders
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Clean break
  • Pension sharing
  • Child maintenance
  • Family-law
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Family law [2016] JRC 184A

L -v- M

L -v- M (Matrimonial) [2016] JRC 184A (11 October 2016)

Interim matrimonial relief decision on a pre-nuptial agreement. The court held it was a relevant factor, but its weight would be decided after fuller needs evidence.

  • Pre-nuptial agreements
  • Ancillary relief
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Capacity
  • Needs assessment
  • Pre-nuptial-agreements
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Family law

L v M

L v M (Matrimonial)

The Royal Court considered what weight to give a pre-nuptial agreement in ancillary relief proceedings, but left the issue to be decided after fuller evidence.

  • Ancillary relief
  • Pre-nuptial agreement
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Capacity and guardianship ad litem
  • Pre-nuptial-agreement
  • Ancillary-relief
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Family law [2012] JRC 000

Matrimonial - a clean break

Matrimonial - a clean break [2012] JRC 000 (02 November 2012)

The Royal Court held that it can order a matrimonial clean break in Jersey and rejected the wife’s argument that both parties must agree.

  • Clean break
  • Spousal maintenance
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Family-law
  • Spousal-maintenance
  • Clean-break
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Family law [2008] JRC 097A

H v H

H v H [2008] JRC 097A (18 June 2008)

The court granted the wife a ÂŁ10,000 interim lump sum for debts and immediate living expenses, but refused any payment on account of a final lump sum.

  • Interim lump sum
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Matrimonial property
  • Family-law
  • Interim-lump-sum
  • Financial-provision-on-divorce
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Family law [2008] JRC 031A

J v M

J v M [2008] JRC 031A (26 February 2008)

The Jersey Royal Court varied post-divorce maintenance, setting child maintenance at ÂŁ1,000 per month and spousal maintenance at ÂŁ3,000 per month for five years.

  • Spousal maintenance
  • Child maintenance
  • Variation of maintenance
  • Clean break
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Spousal-maintenance
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Family law [2004] JRC 170

E v P and G

E v P and G [2004] JRC 170 (23 September 2004)

A Jersey matrimonial finance decision awarding the wife a lump sum, ongoing maintenance, and sole title to the former matrimonial home, while refusing child maintenance.

  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Pension division
  • Maintenance
  • Asset distribution
  • Family-law
  • Matrimonial-finance
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Trusts and estates [2002] JRC 119B

re X Trust M convened v

re X Trust M convened v [2002] JRC 119B (13 June 2002)

The Royal Court approved a trustee’s proposed distributions to help a beneficiary comply with divorce-related financial orders, holding they were not a fraud on a power.

  • Trustee powers
  • Fraud on a power
  • Discretionary trusts
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Trustee-powers
  • Fraud-on-a-power
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Trusts [2002] JLR 377

In re X Trust v

In re X Trust v [2002] JLR 377 (13 June 2002)

The court held that trustees may distribute to a beneficiary under a discretionary trust to enable compliance with a divorce financial provision order, without committing a fraud on power.

  • Fraud on power
  • Discretionary trust
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Fraud-on-power
  • Discretionary-trust
  • Trustees-powers
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Family law [2002] JRC 102

J v M

J v M [2002] JRC 102 (22 May 2002)

The Jersey Royal Court held that a family trust was not a post-nuptial settlement, but still treated the trust as a relevant resource when setting financial provision on divorce.

  • Variation of post-nuptial settlements
  • Financial provision on divorce
  • Discretionary trusts
  • Clean break orders
  • Financial-provision-on-divorce
  • Post-nuptial-settlements
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