Examples of Divorce Act in a sentence
The Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act Section 307 is a general statement of the principles of equitable distribution or community property proposed as a model law.
Applying a two-tier approach, the Supreme Court held that the court should first consider whether the agreement should be discounted for unfairness in the negotiation process, such as exploitation of one party’s vulnerability, or because it failed to comply substantially with the general objectives of the Divorce Act.
During this period, the NCCUSL, which, early in the twentieth century had pushed unsuccessfully for restrictive divorce rules, drafted the Uniform Marriage and Divorce Act, embracing no-fault divorce based on a finding that a marriage was “irretrievably broken” in the eyes of one spouse.
The Conservative Party believes that in the event of a marital breakdown, the Divorce Act should grant joint custody and/or shared parenting, unless it is clearly demonstrated not to be in the best interests of the child.
Spousal support can be claimed under the Divorce Act in a divorce proceeding or in a proceeding for corollary relief alone (ss 3, 4 and 15.2).