The Civil Partnership Act 2004 : a practical guide / Paul Mallender, Jane Rayson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mallender, Paul, author.

Rayson, Jane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Civil Partnership Act 2004.

Great Britain.

Civil unions--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Civil unions.

Gay couples--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Gay couples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This authoritative guide to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 is written by Paul Mallender and Jane Rayson, two family law barristers with a combined practice experience of over fifty years. The Civil Partnership Act 2004: A Practical Guide provides clear, concise explanations of the new legislation. The book covers the lifetime of a relationship, from entering into the civil partnership, its consequences in terms of financial and family arrangements, to practical guidance on how the partnership is dissolved and the consequences of breakdown and death.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of cases; Table of statutes; 1 Introduction to the Act; 2 What is a civil partnership? Formation by registration in England and Wales: eligibility; 3 Pre-registration procedure: standard procedure; house-bound and detained partners; certain non-residents and other special cases; 4 Registration in England and Wales - the standard procedure; the special procedure; 5 Registration outside the UK by Order in Council; 6 Overseas relationships treated as civil partnerships

7 Financial and property implications of civil partnership8 Children; 9 Relationship between the Civil Partnership Act and the Gender Recognition Act; 10 The ending of the partnership: orders for dissolution; 11 Nullity and other proceedings; 12 Offences; 13 Domestic violence and occupationof the home; 14 Financial consequences on breakdown; 15 Financial relief in England and Wales after anoverseas dissolution; 16 Miscellaneous; Appendix Civil Partnership Act 2004 - extracts; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

1-107-14229-6

1-280-41499-5

0-511-18279-1

0-511-13264-6

0-511-20059-5

0-511-30096-4

0-511-49489-0

0-511-13210-7

OCLC:

171137607