Australian wife allowed to return home with children
Relocation cases are always extremely difficult for courts to adjudicate on as they usually mean that one parent or the other is going to see a lot less of their children and so there are no winners in all of…
Proposal to reduce divorce wait to two years
Josepha Madigan, family law Solicitor and TD, has introduced a Private Members Bill to allow the time that you have to be living apart from your spouse before you can apply for a divorce from four years to two. This…
Cohabit with care!
New rights and obligations relating to couples that cohabit have been introduced pursuant to the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (“the Act”) which came into law in January 2011. The rights and obligations for…
Divorce cases may soon pierce the corporate veil
Irish courts have, to date, tiptoed around piercing the corporate veil in separation and divorce cases Two recent family law cases have highlighted the issue of whether a company will be able to maintain its separate legal identity when its…
Supreme Court: Divorce should not mean an automatic redistribution of wealth.
The Supreme Court handed down a Judgment of great significance on 19th October. The Judgment was given by the Chief Justice in the case of G v G and addresses the important question of what constitutes proper provision on the…
Legal Opinion: Cohabitation legislation urgently needs information campaign
From experience I know there are many couples out there blissfully unaware of the fact they may have rights and obligations against each other When the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 became law in…
Genetic mother wins surrogacy case
The genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate mother has won a landmark case at the High Court to be declared the legal mother of the twins. Mr Justice Henry Abbott ruled that the genetic mother was the legal…
The law makes it difficult to recognise relationships outside of the framework of biological parenthood
About a thousand same-sex couples have entered into civil partnerships since the first Irish ceremony took place in April 2011. For many of these couples, thoughts will now be turning towards starting a family.... By Joanna Roberts – Irish Times |…