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Can a non-occupying party can claim occupation rent where they have not made any contribution towards the mortgage payments since they vacated? Would notional sale costs be deducted if the property was to be transferred to the occupying party rather than sold?
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Does a Form A need to be filed for dismissal purposes where an application for a financial consent order is made via the HMCTS online platform?
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A child has a disability and an education, health and care plan in place until age 25. The parties, who were not married, have agreed child maintenance to be paid in accordance with a Child Maintenance Service calculation with a review prior to child's 20th birthday as to whether the maintenance should extend beyond age 20. On drafting a consent order for provision under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989, is a periodical payments order required to retain the court's jurisdiction now so that an order can then be made post age 20, or could a later application be made? If so, how should the order be worded?
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How can a woman who is not the child’s legal mother and does not fall within the scope of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 acquire parental responsibility for the child?
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Divorce proceedings were issued and service by the court was requested. When the respondent failed to return the acknowledgment of service, solicitor service was granted. The court was not satisfied that the respondent had knowledge of the proceedings following the process server serving via letterbox and directed that an application be made for deemed service or alternative service. The applicant wishes to serve at the respondent’s place of work, is permission required for that, or can the applicant simply apply for an extension of time to serve?
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Form G

Notice to the court that the First Directions Appointment in financial proceedings can be dispensed with.

Millionaire's defence

Where a party declines to provide full disclosure of their assets on the basis that they could afford any reasonable order that the court might make.

Occupation rent

A compensatory claim (between spouses, civil partners or unmarried co-owners of a property) based on the allegation that one spouse, civil partner or joint tenant ought to pay a sum to the non-occupying party to reflect the value of his or her exclusive occupation of the family home.
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