Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (2006 asp 2)
- Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (2006 asp 2)
- Marriage
- 1 Marriage to parent of former spouse: removal of special requirements
- 2 Void marriages
- 3 Abolition of marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute
- 4 Extension of jurisdiction of sheriff
- Matrimonial homes
- 5 Occupancy rights: duration
- 6 Occupancy rights: dealings with third parties
- 7 Occupancy rights: proposed dealings with third parties
- 8 Occupancy rights: effect of court action
- 9 Amendment of definition of “matrimonial home”
- Matrimonial interdicts
- 10 Matrimonial interdicts
- Divorce
- 11 Divorce: reduction in separation periods
- 12 Irretrievable breakdown of marriage: desertion no longer to be ground
- 13 Non-cohabitation without consent: removal of bar to divorce
- 14 Collusion no longer to be bar to divorce
- 15 Postponement of decree of divorce where religious impediment to remarry exists
- Financial provision
- 16 Financial provision: valuation of matrimonial property
- 17 Financial provision on divorce and dissolution of civil partnership: Pension Protection Fund
- 18 Financial provision: incidental orders
- Special destinations: revocation on divorce or annulment
- 19 Special destinations: revocation on divorce or annulment
- Aliment
- 20 Variations of agreements on aliment: powers of court
- Abolition of status of illegitimacy
- 21 Abolition of status of illegitimacy
- Domicile of persons under 16
- 22 Domicile of persons under 16
- Unmarried fathers: rights in relation to children
- 23 Parental responsibilities and parental rights of unmarried fathers
- Protection of children from abuse
- 24 Orders under section 11 of Children (Scotland) Act 1995: protection from abuse
- Cohabitation
- 25 Meaning of “cohabitant” in sections 26 to 29
- 26 Rights in certain household goods
- 27 Rights in certain money and property
- 28 Financial provision where cohabitation ends otherwise than by death
- 29 Application to court by survivor for provision on intestacy
- 29A. Extension of time limits for applications under sections 28 and 29: cross-border mediation
- 30 Administration of Justice Act 1982: extension of definition of “relative”
- Cohabitation: domestic interdicts
- 31 Domestic interdicts
- Amendment of Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001: powers of arrest
- 32 Amendment of Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001: powers of arrest
- Amendments of Civil Partnership Act 2004
- 33 Amendments of Civil Partnership Act 2004
- Application of 1981 Act to cohabiting couples of same sex
- 34 Application of 1981 Act to cohabiting couples of same sex
- Amendments of Damages (Scotland) Act 1976
- 35 Amendments of Damages (Scotland) Act 1976
- Amendments of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- 36 Amendments of Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
- Jurisdiction
- 37 Jurisdiction: actions for declarator of recognition of certain foreign decrees
- Private international law
- 38 Validity of marriages
- 39 Matrimonial property
- 40 Aliment
- 41 Effect of parents' marriage in determining status to depend on law of domicile
- Declarator of freedom and putting to silence: action no longer competent
- 42 Action for declarator of freedom and putting to silence to cease to be competent
- General
- 43 Interpretation
- 44 Ancillary provision
- 45 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals
- 46 Short title and commencement
- SCHEDULE 1 Amendments of the Civil Partnership Act 2004
- SCHEDULE 2 Minor and consequential amendments
- The Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45)
- The Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 13)
- The Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 (c. 33)
- The Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 59)
- The Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)
- The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9)
- The Civil Evidence (Family Mediation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 6)
- The Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 36)
- SCHEDULE 3 Repeals
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