Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:beganIn |
2022-04-06
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| gptkbp:category |
gptkb:Acts_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_concerning_England_and_Wales
2020 in British law Divorce law in the United Kingdom |
| gptkbp:citation |
2020 c. 11
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
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| gptkbp:introduced |
gptkb:Robert_Buckland
gptkb:Baroness_Williams_of_Trafford |
| gptkbp:introducedNoFaultDivorce |
true
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| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
England and Wales
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| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to make provision about divorce, dissolution and separation; and for connected purposes.
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| gptkbp:mainProvision |
allows joint applications for divorce
removes requirement to prove fault for divorce removes ability to contest a divorce except on limited grounds |
| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
2020-06-25
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| gptkbp:reformed |
divorce law in England and Wales
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (in part)
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| gptkbp:website |
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/11/contents/enacted
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Matrimonial_Causes_Act_1973_(UK)
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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