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Title of Journal: ERA Forum
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Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Jordi Ribot
Publish Date: 2011/02/22
Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 71-87
Abstract
The article examines where the main European legal systems stand as regards the financial consequences of divorce trying to draw conclusions on the direction and speed of developments from the experience of these systems First the questions of how matrimonial property rules operate in the event of divorce and how they interact with the financial remedies provided by the law on divorce are examined Next the focus is shifted to the issue of maintenance after divorce Recent legal developments seem to indicate that a tendency to lessen the importance of maintenance and comparable claims is becoming even more pronouncedAn earlier version of this paper was delivered at the Academy of European Law Annual Conference on European Family Law Trier 27 to 28 September 2010 It has been written as part of the research conducted by the UdGEuropean Private Law research group with the support of the Consolidated Research Groups Programme of the Catalan Government Ref 2009 SGR 614
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