Commentary on Sections Schedule 7 - Financial relief in England and Wales after overseas dissolution etc. of a civil partnership
584.This Schedule provides for applications in courts in England and Wales for financial relief following the dissolution, annulment or legal separation of civil partners as a result of legal proceedings in an overseas country. The provisions correspond to those available for overseas divorces etc in Part 3 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. Regulations made under section 219 will deal with the validity of overseas dissolutions, annulments and legal separations in member States as defined in section 219, subsection (4).