Commonwealth Caribbean Family Law

<p>This important new text is the product of several years of research of the family law of fifteen Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions. It is the first and only legal text that comprehensively covers all the main substantive areas of spousal family law, including marriage, divorce, financial support, property rights and domestic violence.</p><p>The rights of the statutory spouse in the jurisdictions of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago are examined, thus addressing, on a jurisdictional basis, an important area of spousal family that is seldom covered in English family law texts. The book also covers the number and variations of divorce regimes applicable to the region – the matrimonial offence divorce model of Guyana and Montserrat, the English five fact model of Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, Anguilla, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, the hybrid model of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and St Kitts and Nevis, and the no fault model of Jamaica and Barbados.</p><p>This book will prove an indispensable resource for law students and legal academics, as well as for family law practitioners across the English-speaking Caribbean. Other professionals, including sociologists and social workers, will also find the book useful and informative. </p> <p>Preface</p><p>Table of Statutes</p><p>List of Cases</p><p>Part 1-Preliminary Matters</p><p>Chapter 1-Introduction To Spousal Family Law</p><p>Part 2-Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital Union</p><p>Chapter 2-Marriage and the <i>De Jure</i> Spouse</p><p>Chapter 3-The Statutory Non-Marital Union and the Statutory Spouse</p><p>Chapter 4-The Legal Consequences of Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital Union: An Overview</p><p>The Breakdown of the Marriage</p><p>Chapter 5-Separation Agreements and Judicial Separation Orders</p><p>Chapter 6- The Void and Voidable Marriage: Declaration and Decree of Nullity</p><p>Chapter 7- Dissolution of Marriage: The Divorce Regimes </p><p>Financial Support: the De Jure and Statutory Spouse</p><p>Chapter 8-Financial Support : Some Preliminaries</p><p>Chapter 9-Financial Support on Dissolution of Marriage or Termination of Statutory non-Marital Union</p><p>Chapter 10-Financial Support During Marriage and the Non-Marital Union</p><p>Property and Property Adjustment Orders</p><p>Chapter 11- The Statutory Regime</p><p>Chapter 12- The Common Intention Constructive Trust </p><p>Chapter 13- inheritance and Family Provision</p><p>Domestic Violence Protection Legislation and Spousal Restraining Orders</p><p>Chapter 14-Domestic Violence Protection and Restraining Orders</p>