Part 12 Consent Orders and Maintenance Agreements
Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 c 33) | Legislation

Part 12 Consent Orders and Maintenance Agreements

Consent orders for financial relief

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(1)     Regardless of anything in the preceding provisions of this Schedule, on an application for a consent order for financial relief, the court may, unless it has reason to think that there are other circumstances into which it ought to inquire, make an order in the terms agreed on the basis only of such information supplied with the application as is required by rules of court.

(2)     Sub-paragraph (1) applies to an application for a consent order varying or discharging an order for financial relief as it applies to an application for an order for financial relief.

(3)     In this paragraph—

“consent orderâ€, in relation to an application for an order, means an order in the terms applied for to which the respondent agrees;

“order for financial relief†means an order under any of Parts 1, 2, 3 and 8.

Meaning of “maintenance agreement†and “financial arrangementsâ€

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(1)     In this Part “maintenance agreement†means any written agreement between the civil partners in a civil partnership which—

(a)     is made during the continuance or after the dissolution or annulment of the civil partnership and contains

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