Family Law: Options for Ending a Marriage and Property Division

Family Law

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Case Scenario...............................................................................................................................3
What legal options are open to her to bring her marriage to an end. Advise her on her options
under the current law and also following the coming into force of the Divorce, Dissolution and
Separation Bill.............................................................................................................................4
What financial and property orders the court may make on divorce and how the various factors
in s.25 MCA 1973 might be applied here....................................................................................5
What orders she could obtain to protect her from Sajid and to enable her to get back into the
family home, and the criteria which would be considered by the court in the making of those
orders...........................................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Family law is defined as the law which simply explains about the legal practice which
focuses towards the issues that involves within the family relationship. It includes, adaptation,
divorce, child custody and many more. This law is mainly helpful in that particular situation
where family member is having any of the issues for maintaining their relationship in a peaceful
manner. This law simply helps to resolve their issues and tries to bring out the best solution so
that person can spend their future life happily without facing any of the legal or unethical issues.
In context of the file, one of the case study will be solved were different question will be
addressed which is related with the way to end the marriage with the help of current law.
Following with it, roles of court for declaring the decision regarding financial and property as per
the guidelines of section 25 of Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. Finally, best appropriate way will
be identified to resolve the issue so that both of them can spend their life together in future
period of time as well.
MAIN BODY
Case Scenario
The case is between Laura and Sajid. Here, Laura works as a waitress in a bar where she
met Sajid who went for holidays in Spain. After they met with each other, they start to date each
other and married in the year 2010. Sajid told Laura about his uncle who is wealthy. Both of
them earns healthy amount of money where Sajid has a package of £70000 per year where as she
is an entrepreneur. Due to new invention of hair tie, her business has become famous globally.
She sold her business in the year 2016 at the price of £2 million but still holds intellectual right
which allows her to earn 1 million every year. There were number of other property which they
had such as four bed room house of around £1.5 million, owns apartment French Alps of worth
£500000 and around other investment of £2 million (Abrams and et. al., 2015). Also Sajid was
awarded £50000 as an accidental claim. They were happy with the marriage but she found it is
not working anymore because of the external affairs of Sajid. Looking at the situation Laura
started to live in her parents’ house which is around 10 miles from Sajid House.