Section 62: Relief for respondent in dissolution proceedings

Civil Partnership Act 2004 · 2004 c. 33View on legislation.gov.uk

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Part 2: Civil partnership: England and Wales — Chapter 2: Dissolution, nullity and other proceedings

OMITTED FROM CURRENT TEXT on 2022-04-06 by Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020.

The text below is the provision as originally enacted. It is historical and may not include amendments made before this status change. View the enacted source.

If in any proceedings for a dissolution order the respondent alleges and proves any such fact as is mentioned in section 44(5)(a), (b), (c) or (d) the court may give to the respondent the relief to which he would have been entitled if he had made an application seeking that relief.

When applying subsection (1), treat—

the respondent as the applicant, and
the applicant as the respondent,

for the purposes of section 44(5).

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