Commonwealth Caribbean family law : husband, wife and cohabitant / Karen Nunez-Tesheira.
2016
KGJ143 .N86 2016 (Mapit)
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Commonwealth Caribbean family law : husband, wife and cohabitant / Karen Nunez-Tesheira.
Imprint
New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.
Description
lxii, 372 pages ; 24 cm.
Series
Commonwealth Caribbean law series.
Formatted Contents Note
Introductory matters
Marriage
The non-marital union: The statutory spouse (Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal consequences of marriage and union other than marriage
Nullity of marriage
Judicial separation order (all CC jurisdictions except Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Kitts, and Nevis)
Dissolution of marriage
Part one: Preliminary considerations
Part two: The matrimonial offense divorce grounds of divorce (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas)
Pat three: The fault facts of the mixed fact divorce model (Anguilla, BVI, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, SVG, Trinidad and Tobago)
Part four: The no fault fact/ground of living separate and apart
Part five: From decree nisi to decree absolute
Part six: The Muslim divorce - Trinidad and Tobago
The spousal maintenance and property order tests, the clean break order and anti-avoidance provisions
Part one: The spousal maintenance and property adjustment order tests
Part two: The clean break order
Part three: Anti-avoidance provisions: Spousal maintenance and property orders (Anguilla, Barbados, BVI, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, SVG, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago)
Spousal maintenance (high court and summary court applications)
Part one: Introductory matters, spousal maintenance: An historical overview
Part two: Spousal maintenance upon dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, judicial separation
Part three: Maintenance application made during marriage
Part four: Maintenance application during or on termination of cohabitation - Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Part five: Maintenance orders
Statute-based property adjustment regimes (all jurisdictions except Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Vevis)
Part one: The statutory regimes
Part two: Spousal property orders: An overview
The common intention constructive trust
Marital agreements (maintenance and cohabitation agreements; ante-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements)
Part one: Maintenance agreements
Part two: Nuptial agreements: Ante-nuptial and post-nuptial
Spousal family provision (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago)
Part one: Family provision
Part two: Anti-avoidance provisions (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)
Domestic violence
Part one: Domestic violence legislation
Part two: injunctive relief.
Marriage
The non-marital union: The statutory spouse (Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)
Legal consequences of marriage and union other than marriage
Nullity of marriage
Judicial separation order (all CC jurisdictions except Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Kitts, and Nevis)
Dissolution of marriage
Part one: Preliminary considerations
Part two: The matrimonial offense divorce grounds of divorce (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Guyana, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas)
Pat three: The fault facts of the mixed fact divorce model (Anguilla, BVI, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, SVG, Trinidad and Tobago)
Part four: The no fault fact/ground of living separate and apart
Part five: From decree nisi to decree absolute
Part six: The Muslim divorce - Trinidad and Tobago
The spousal maintenance and property order tests, the clean break order and anti-avoidance provisions
Part one: The spousal maintenance and property adjustment order tests
Part two: The clean break order
Part three: Anti-avoidance provisions: Spousal maintenance and property orders (Anguilla, Barbados, BVI, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Lucia, SVG, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago)
Spousal maintenance (high court and summary court applications)
Part one: Introductory matters, spousal maintenance: An historical overview
Part two: Spousal maintenance upon dissolution of marriage, nullity of marriage, judicial separation
Part three: Maintenance application made during marriage
Part four: Maintenance application during or on termination of cohabitation - Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago
Part five: Maintenance orders
Statute-based property adjustment regimes (all jurisdictions except Antigua and Barbuda, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Vevis)
Part one: The statutory regimes
Part two: Spousal property orders: An overview
The common intention constructive trust
Marital agreements (maintenance and cohabitation agreements; ante-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements)
Part one: Maintenance agreements
Part two: Nuptial agreements: Ante-nuptial and post-nuptial
Spousal family provision (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago)
Part one: Family provision
Part two: Anti-avoidance provisions (Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago)
Domestic violence
Part one: Domestic violence legislation
Part two: injunctive relief.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KGJ143 .N86 2016
Language
English
ISBN
9781138801790 (hardback)
1138801798 (hardback)
9781138801806 (paperback)
1138801801 (paperback)
9781315754680 (e-book)
1315754681 (e-book)
1138801798 (hardback)
9781138801806 (paperback)
1138801801 (paperback)
9781315754680 (e-book)
1315754681 (e-book)
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