Commonwealth Caribbean Family Law husband, wife and cohabitant [Paperback]

This important new text is the product of several years of research of the family law of fifteen Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdictions. It is the first and only legal text that comprehensively covers all the main substantive areas of spousal family law, including marriage, divorce, financial support, property rights and domestic violence.

The rights of the statutory spouse in the jurisdictions of Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago are examined, thus addressing, on a jurisdictional basis, an important area of spousal family that is seldom covered in English family law texts. The book also covers the number and variations of divorce regimes applicable to the region  the matrimonial offence divorce model of Guyana and Montserrat, the English five fact model of Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, Grenada, Anguilla, and St Vincent and the Grenadines, the hybrid model of Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and St Kitts and Nevis, and the no fault model of Jamaica and Barbados.

This book will prove an indispensable resource for law students and legal academics, as well as for family law practitioners across the English-speaking Caribbean. Other professionals, including sociologists and social workers, will also find the book useful and informative.

Preface

Table of Statutes

List of Cases

Part 1-Preliminary Matters

Chapter 1-Introduction To Spousal Family Law

Part 2-Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital Union

Chapter 2-Marriage and the De JureSpouse

Chapter 3-The Statutory Non-Marital Union and the Statutory Spouse

Chapter 4-The Legal Consequences of Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital Union: An Overview

The Breakdown of the Marriage

Chapter 5-Separation Agreements and Judicial Separation Orders

Chapter 6- The Void and VoilÓ(