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• Family Law 
• Citation
  • 1 Short title
• Interpretation
  • 2 Definitions
  • 3 Children of the marriage
  • 4 Polygamous marriages
  • 5 Application
• PART I Marriage counselling organisations
  • 6 Family Services Division
  • 7 Approval of marriage counselling organisation
  • 8 Grounds for revocation
  • 9 List of approved organisations to be published
  • 10 Financial aid to approved marriage counselling organisations
• PART II Counselling and reconciliation
  • 11 Definition
  • 12 Conciliation
  • 13 Duty of attorneys-at-law to promote reconciliation
  • 14 Notice seeking counselling facilities
  • 15 Power to advertise counselling facilities
  • 16 Certain documents to be provided
  • 17 Admissions made to marriage counsellors
  • 18 Oath or affirmation of secrecy
• PART III Jurisdiction in matrimonial causes
  • 19 Jurisdiction of High Court
  • 20 Jurisdiction in matrimonial causes
  • 21 Law to be applied
  • 22 Principles to be applied by the court in relation to marriages
  • 23 Institution of proceedings
  • 24 Staying and transfer of proceedings
  • 25 Transfer of proceedings from courts of summary jurisdiction
  • 26 Courts to act in aid of each other
• PART IV Dissolution and Nullity of Marriage
  • 27 Dissolution of marriage
  • 28 Meaning of separation
  • 29 Effect of resumption of cohabitation
  • 30 Effect of interruption of cohabitation
  • 31 Nullity of marriage
  • 32 Court not to make decree of dissolution where application nullity before it
  • 33 Facts and circumstances occurring before 1st, February, 1982 or outside Barbados
  • 34 Decree nisi in first instance
  • 35 When decree becomes absolute
  • 36 Certificate of decree absolute and re-marriage of either of the parties
  • 37 Recission of decree on reconciliation
  • 38 Recission of decree for miscarriage of justice
• PART V Welfare and Custody of Children
  • 39 Definitions
  • 40 Rights of guardianship and custody of children
  • 41 Court may order conference with welfare officer
  • 42 Decree absolute where children
  • 43 Power of court in custodial proceedings
  • 44 Separate representation of child
  • 45 Where applicant in contempt
  • 46 Overseas custody orders
  • 47 Transmission of Barbadian custody orders to overseas country
  • 48 Interfering with child subject to custody order
• PART VI Maintenance and Property
  • 49 Definitions
  • 50 Right of maintenance
  • 51 Maintenance of children
  • 52 Powers of court in maintenance proceedings
  • 53 Matters to be taken into consideration in proceedings with respect to maintenance
  • 54 Maintenance of children
  • 55 Urgent maintenance cases
  • 56 Declaration of interests in property
  • 57 Alteration of property interests
  • 58 Power to set aside orders altering property interest
  • 59 General powers of court
  • 60 Duty of court to end financial relations
  • 61 Cessation of orders
  • 62 Modification of maintenance orders
  • 63 Execution of instruments by order of court
  • 64 Transactions to defeat claims
  • 65 Cohabitation and separation agreements
  • 66 Registration of maintenance agreements etc.
  • 67 Approval of maintenance agreements, etc. entered into in substitution for rights under Act
  • 68 Enforcement of maintenance agreements, etc.
  • 69 Overseas maintenance agreements and the institution of maintenance proceedings by authorised authorities or persons
• PART VII Interventions
  • 70 Intervention by Attorney-General
  • 71 Intervention by other persons
• PART VIII Appeals
  • 72 No appeal after decree absolute
  • 73 Appeals from and case stated by, court exercising original jurisdiction
• PART IX Procedure and Evidence
  • 74 Procedure
  • 75 Evidence by affidavit
  • 76 Evidence as to paternity
  • 77 Offensive or scandalous questions
  • 78 Proof of birth, marriage or death
• PART X Recognition of Decrees
  • 79 Overseas decrees
  • 80 Recognition
  • 81 Non-recognition
  • 82 Common-law rules of recognition
  • 83 Power to treat facts as proved
  • 84 Capacity to re-marry not affected
  • 85 Application of this Part
• PART XI Enforcement of Decrees
  • 86 Enforcement generally
  • 87 Methods of enforcement
  • 88 Deduction from salary or wages
• PART XII Declarations and Injunctions
  • 89 Proceeding for declarations
  • 90 Declaration of presumption of death
  • 91 Injunctions
• PART XIII Establishment of Family Council
  • 92 Family Law Council
  • 93 Functions of the Council
• PART XIV Miscellaneous
  • 94 Costs
  • 95 Frivolous or vexatious proceedings
  • 96 No action for damages for adultery, etc.
  • 97 Restriction on publication of evidence
  • 98 Rules