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Proposed law to reduce waiting time for Divorce in Ireland from 4 to 2 years before Justice Committee.

Family law - Child abduction - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act 1991 - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - O. 28, r. 1 of the Rules of the Superior Courts - Amendment of pleadings - Discretionary remedy

Family law - Judicial separation - Lump sum payment - Statutory requirements - Applicant seeking to vary the judgment and order of the High Court in relation to the lump sum payment ordered to be paid by the respondent to the applicant - Whether the respondent’s conduct should have resulted in a greater lump sum than that which was awarded 

Family - Child abduction - Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 1980 (“Hague Convention”) - Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003(‘Brussels II bis Regulation’) - Wrongful removal - Acquiescence to retention - Delay -  Defence of “well settled” - Lack of subterfuge 

Family - Child Abuse - Policy and Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Child Abuse and Neglect - Psychological and Emotional Abuse - Anger Management - Judicial Review - Notice of Motion - O. 84, r. 22(5) of the Rules of the Superior Courts 

Family law - Committal and attachment order - Liberty to re-enter - Prohibition - Bias 

Family - Award of costs - Issue of public importance - Costs of guardian ad litem - The Child Care Act, 1991 

The main improvements to the law contained in the Domestic Violence Bill are as follows:

Family - The Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991 - The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (“Hague Convention”) - Council Regulation 2201/2003 - Custody rights - Wrongful removal - Place of habitual residence 

Ireland’s First National Shared Parenting Survey Results Revealed