Lords Support Wives - Miller and McFarlane -Updated

Lords Support Wives in Ancillary Relief  - UPDATED
Miller v. Miller
McFarlane v. McFarlane
24 May 2006
House of Lords Judgment
Short marriages still merit substantial share of assets in some
cases; behaviour is almost always irrelevant to money matters and
long marriages lead to long lived maintenance entitlement.

31 May 2006

Here is the Daily Law Reports Case Summary:
Ancillary Relief in Divorce - Short and Long Marriages
Miller v Miller
McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24
HL
24 May 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
House of Lords Judgment
In the case of a short marriage fairness might well require that
the claimant spouse should not be entitled on divorce to a share
of the “non-matrimonial property” which the other spouse had
brought into the marriage or subsequently acquired.