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How courts deal with gifts from parents to children during their lifetime and how they deal with inheritances by one or other spouse when dividing assets in the context of legal separation or divorce in Ireland 

WIDE RANGING CHANGES TO FAMILY LAW INTRODUCED FOLLOWING THE PART COMMENCEMENT OF THE CHILD AND FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS ACT 2015 on the 18th January 2016                                                 

The Family Lawyers Association of Ireland

I have set out a summary of the case below and the full case can be read underneath.

Family Law - wrongful removal of children

I have summarised this case and also included the full judgement if you want to read in more detail:

An application can be made to an Irish Court to have the Court order or declare that a divorce in another country is recognised

The Child and Family Relationships Act 2015 which has been passed by the Oireachtas [but is not yet commenced into law which means it does not come into force until it is commenced] introduces some New Rights for unmarried fathers

Collaborative Law

Mediation can be the best way for spouses to sort out their differences when getting separated or divorced following marital breakdown.