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Family law [2021] JRC 116

D v E

D v E (Matrimonial) 19-Apr-2021 [2021] JRC 116 (19 April 2021)

The court granted the petitioner leave to apply for Decree Absolute despite unresolved ancillary financial matters, relying on his undertaking and lack of proven prejudice.

  • Divorce
  • Ancillary relief
  • Decree absolute
  • Undertakings
  • Financial provision
  • Decree-absolute
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Family law [2010] JRC 097B

In the matter of RR

In the matter of RR [2010] JRC 097B (25 May 2010)

The court refused a wife’s request to delay a decree absolute pending ancillary financial matters, holding that the matrimonial rules required the decree to proceed absent special circumstances.

  • Divorce
  • Decree absolute
  • Ancillary relief
  • Discretion to stay proceedings
  • Decree-absolute
  • Ancillary-relief
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Family law [2005] JRC 160

J -v- H and R

J -v- H and R [2005] JRC 160 (14 November 2005)

A matrimonial appeal over a property transfer order was dismissed. The court upheld a clean-break approach and held the wife's changed circumstances did not justify altering the order.

  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Variation of consent order
  • Clean break principle
  • Decree absolute
  • Maintenance
  • Family-law
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Family law

R v O

R v O [2005] JLR_Note 8 (28 February 2005)

A Jersey family law note on whether the conditions for granting a decree absolute in divorce proceedings had been satisfied.

  • Divorce
  • Decree absolute
  • Performance of conditions
  • Family-law
  • Decree-absolute
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Family law [2005] JRC 021

R v O

R v O [2005] JRC 021 (28 February 2005)

The court refused the husband’s application for decree absolute because there was a real risk he would not complete the Dubai property sale needed to satisfy ancillary relief.

  • Divorce
  • Decree absolute
  • Ancillary relief
  • Enforcement of orders
  • Consent orders
  • Decree-absolute
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Family law

J v H

J v H [2004] JLR_Note 22 (05 May 2004)

Family law note on an application for decree absolute in divorce proceedings, considering whether the required conditions had been performed.

  • Divorce
  • Decree absolute
  • Performance of conditions
  • Family-law
  • Decree-absolute
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Family law [2004] JRC 081

J v H

J v H [2004] JRC 081 (05 May 2004)

Appeal against conditions attached to a decree absolute was dismissed, with the court upholding the Family Registrar’s discretion in a divorce property dispute.

  • Divorce
  • Decree absolute
  • Property transfer
  • Ancillary relief
  • Costs
  • Family-law
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