divorce settlement
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdivorceandsettlement
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divorce
noun
uk/dɪˈvɔːs/us/dɪˈvɔːrs/
an official or legal process to end ...
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settlement
noun
uk/ˈset.əl.mənt/us/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofdivorceandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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According to most schools, this law cannot be overruled by a contractual agreement between the spouses, and therefore adivorcesettlementin which the wife forfeits this right is invalid.
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Courts are required to take into account pensions in reaching adivorcesettlement.
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It would seem rather like writing adivorcesettlementinto a marriage contract.
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It is a way of re-examining adivorcesettlement.
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Thedivorcesettlementhad taken the form of a so-called "clean break".
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We were aware that there would have to be repayment of costs that arose in the originaldivorcesettlement.
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Some pensions will be of sufficient value to warrant being shared in more than onedivorcesettlement.
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For a long time, it has possible in principle to take into account the value of pension assets as part of adivorcesettlement.
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The courts already treat the welfare of children as a priority in drawing up anydivorcesettlement.
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The system is similar todivorcesettlementcases where an agreement is eventually reached on aliment.
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When they divorce they want to be sure that, as part of thedivorcesettlement, they will know exactly what their pension rights are.
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The parties concerned may not be allowed to remarry for 12 months, but in every other way thedivorcesettlementwill have been sewn up.
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Her former husband who had happily handed over the shares in thedivorcesettlement, would benefit instead of her.
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He might well be expected to pay maintenance as part of thedivorcesettlement, and his maintenance payments are likely to be higher if the rent is increased significantly.
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It would allow for pension rights, which are not always initially taken into account by the courts at thedivorcesettlement, to be considered as the law intended.
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Also, in negotiation on thedivorcesettlement, the partner with pension rights may be persuaded to take out a life insurance policy for the benefit of the other partner.
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When her former husband attempted to vary the terms of a previously agreeddivorcesettlementto her disadvantage, she wished to protect her position and that of her children.
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He was divorced in 1877, losing $750,000 in thedivorcesettlement.
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Less adversarial approaches to divorce settlements have recently emerged, such as mediation and collaborativedivorcesettlement, which negotiate mutually acceptable resolution to conflicts.
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Their relationship was essentially intellectual as neither were able to afford adivorcesettlementfrom their estranged spouses.
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