If you are faced with marriage breakdown, and the uncertainty that comes with it, it is important for you to know what options are available. When we are approached by someone who is going through difficulties in their marriage the first thing we explore is the...
Today I will continue with my monthly legal news brief by discussing a recent landmark case involving proper provision in divorce where there is a prior separation agreement. G. v G. involved a couple who married in 1977. They lived in a house which the husband...
The Civil Partnership Act came into force on 1st January 2011. The Act is two-fold as it includes both the civil registration of same-sex partnerships and the rights and duties of cohabiting couples, whether same sex or opposite sex. Cohabitants can fall into a wide...
Why not have your cake and eat it . Pre-nuptial agreements have been called "an insurance policy against falling out of love". Unlike the US, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, Ireland currently has no legislation which recognises pre-nuptial agreements. Pre-nuptial...
On 1st January 2011, the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 came into force. A civil partnership is legal recognition of a relationship between same-sex couples in Ireland for the first time. A civil partnership and a civil...
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