The wife could not simply run her husband's affairs (or at least not formally) and a curator or tutor was required to look after or 'aliment' the subject's family.
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The commissison also proposed extensive clarification and improvement in the law relating to actions and claims foraliment.
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What is required is a fresh statement of the law ofalimentin clear terms and on consistent principles.
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Alimentof this sort will be awarded when the relations between the parties are unresolved.
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There was some doubt whether the court could give interimalimentwhere the pursuer was not prepared so to adhere.
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The next point is perhaps one of even greater importance, and that concerns the amount ofaliment.
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The system is similar to divorce settlement cases where an agreement is eventually reached onaliment.
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Then, 60 or 70 years ago, the limitation was put on, that for all other debts, exceptaliment, £1 must be left.
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The commission's general approach was to seek some justification for an obligation ofalimentother than the mere existence of a blood tie.
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In determining a suitable amount to allow foraliment, the sheriff is required to have "regard to all the circumstances".
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In 1966 there were 716 actions in the sheriff courts relating to judicial separation, adherence,aliment, and similar matrimonial cases.
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The grant ofalimentis, however, discretionary and the court takes into account the needs of the child and the means of the parent.
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In the case of an arrestment enforcingalimentor rates, the whole pay could be attached, leaving the debtor with nothing.
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There would be no inducement to anybody in receipt of adequatealimentto look about for themselves and see how they were going to make a start in life.
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Clauses 18 to 23 make various supplemental provisions in relation to actions foralimentand other consistorial actions, including claims for an order for financial provision.
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