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In forceAmended2020 Revised Edition
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Part 10

98. Relief for other party in divorce proceedings

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2022.

(1)

This section applies where —

(a)

one party to a marriage (X) applies for a divorce; and

(b)

the other party to the marriage (Y) alleges and proves that the marriage has irretrievably broken down.

(2)

The court may give to Y any relief to which Y would be entitled if Y had applied for a divorce.

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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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