An Act to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom to make orders with regard to the custody of children; to make provision as to the recognition and enforcement of such orders throughout the United Kingdom; to make further provision as to the imposition, effect and enforcement of restrictions on the removal of children from the United Kingdom or from any part of the United Kingdom; to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in Scotland as to tutory and curatory; to amend the law relating to the recognition of divorces, annulments and legal separations; to make further provision with respect to the effect of divorces and annulments on wills; to amend the law relating to the powers of courts to make declarations relating to the status of a person; to abolish the right to petition for jactitation of marriage; to repeal the Greek Marriages Act 1884; to make further provision with respect to family proceedings rules; to amend the Child Abduction Act 1984, the Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985; and for connected purposes.
Citation
1986 c. 55
Dates
Royal assent
7 November 1986
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Greek Marriages Act 1884
Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act 1926
Indian and Colonial Divorce Jurisdiction Act 1940
Matrimonial Causes (War Marriages) Act 1944
Colonial and Other Territories (Divorce Jurisdiction) Act 1950
Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations Act 1971
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Family Law Act 1986 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
The Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It covered a range of issues, including e.g. access to children. One obscure point is that it abolished jactitation of marriage.
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