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s 85A

Ante‑nuptial and post‑nuptial settlements

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Volume 1s 1-90
Part VIIIProperty, spousal maintenance and maintenance agreements

85A Ante‑nuptial and post‑nuptial settlements

(1)

The court may, in proceedings under this Act, make such order as the court considers just and equitable with respect to the application, for the benefit of all or any of the parties to, and the children of, the marriage, of the whole or part of property dealt with by ante‑nuptial or post‑nuptial settlements made in relation to the marriage.

(2)

In considering what order (if any) should be made under subsection (1), the court shall take into account the matters referred to in subsections 79(4), (5) and (7) so far as they are relevant.

(3)

A court cannot make an order under this section in respect of matters that are included in a financial agreement.

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