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In force2020 Revised Edition
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Part 10

116. Compounding of maintenance

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An agreement for the payment, in money or other property, of a capital sum in settlement of all future claims to maintenance, is not effective until it has been approved, or approved subject to conditions, by the court, but when so approved is a good defence to any claim for maintenance.

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Part 10A

Amicable Settlement of Disputes

Part 10B

Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings

Part 10C

Replacement Because of Death

Part 11

Offences Against Women and Girls

Part 12

Miscellaneous

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