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abuse see domestic violence

acquisition order 323

actual bodily harm to spouse 75

adultery: ‘and find it intolerable’, meaning and

effect 136; collusion 123; compensatory

damages 97; condonation 124–5;

connivance 123–4; costs payment 117;

damages claims 117; definition 115–16; fact

of 136; gender bias 117, 137; parties 116;

physical component 115–16; proof 95, 116,

137; six month bar 137; voluntary act 116

age: consent to marry 22–3

ancillary relief: orders 348–9; void and

voidable marriages 92

Anguilla: divorce regime 106, 126–42; equal

sharing yardstick 165–6; maintenance

agreements 301–2, 304, 308–9, 310;

property adjustment regime 225–6;

reasonable requirements test 160–1, 165;

spousal maintenance 175–8, 182, 192–3,

194–5, 202–3, 204–5, 217–21; voidable

marriage 91

ante-nuptial agreements see nuptial agreements

Antigua and Barbuda: divorce regime 105,

107, 111, 115–26, 142–54; domestic

violence 338, 352; maintenance agreements

300–1, 304, 309; means and ability test 169;

spousal maintenance 183, 190, 192–3, 195,

199, 204–5, 217–21; void marriage 82, 84

‘appurtenant’, meaning 248

assault on wife, judicial separation 97

assets see property

Australian Family Law Act 1975 236–7

Bahamas: adultery, statutory definition

115–16; divorce regime 104, 107, 113, 114,

115–26; domestic violence 338, 342, 350–1;

equal sharing yardstick 166–7; maintenance

agreements 301–2, 304, 307–8, 308–9, 310;

property adjustment regime 225–6;

reasonable requirements test 160–1, 165;

spousal family provision 319–28, 332–5;

spousal maintenance 175–8, 180, 182,

192–3, 194–5, 202–3, 206, 217–21;

voidable marriage 91

Barbados: cohabitatant status 66–8;

cohabitation agreements 300; divorce

regime 106, 113, 142–54; domestic violence

339, 357; maintenance agreements 301–2,

304, 306–7, 308; means and ability test 170;

national insurance benefits entitlement for

spouses 79; property adjustment regime

227–31; spousal family provision 328–31,

335; spousal maintenance 175–8, 182,

191–2, 192–3, 195, 199, 200, 203, 207, 208,

212–17; void marriage 82, 83–4

Belize: common intention constructive trust

279; divorce regime 104–5, 107, 113, 114,

115–26, 142–54; domestic violence 338,

350–1, 352; insanity ground of divorce 120–

1; maintenance agreements 300–1, 304, 309,

310; means and ability test 170; property

adjustment regime see Belize statutory

property regime; restitution of conjugal

rights 72; spousal maintenance 181, 183,

193, 194, 195, 200–1, 205, 211–12, 212–17,

217–21; voidable marriage 90–1

Belize statutory property regime: age factor

240; ‘any other fact or circumstances’ 241;

applicable law 231–2; application ‘during

divorce proceedings’, meaning 233–4; asset

by asset approach to application assessment

241; Australian Family Law Act 1975 as

model 236–7; earning capacity factor 240;

education attainment factor 240; financial

benefit eligibility factor 240; financial

contribution factor 239; generally 231;

global approach to application assessment

241; health factor 240; improvement of

pre-marital property during marriage 235;

marriage duration factor 240; married

spouses’s applications 232–6; non-financial

contribution factor 239–40; parties not

qualifying as spouses 236; property acquired

during cohabitation 236; property acquired

during separation 235–6; property acquired

‘during subsistence of the marriage’,

meaning 234–5; simultaneous applications

232–3; statutory factors 238–41; statutory

spouses’s application 236; two step

application process 237–8; women’s position

protection factor 240

British Virgin Islands: divorce regime 106,

126–42; domestic violence 338, 341–2;

equal sharing yardstick 166; maintenance

agreements 301–2, 304, 308–9, 310;

property adjustment regime 225–6;

reasonable requirements test 160–1, 165;

spousal maintenance 175–8, 182, 192–3,

194–5, 202–3, 204–5, 217–21; voidable

marriage 91

burden of proof see proof

capacity: consent to marry, mental incapacity

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