The father was a very wealthy Iranian, and the mother also had capital. She sought an assessment under the 1991 Act of the amount he should be asked to pay. The assessment came to andpound;152 per week, but he was paying andpound;1,200 a month voluntarily. An order under the 1989 Act could not be made without there first being in place an agreement between the parents. The judge had made an order on the mother’s application for capital provision and for child maintenance which was to reduce on the child’s seventh birthday on the basis that a nanny would no longer be required.
Judges:
Thorpe LJ, May LJ, Bodey J
Citations:
[2003] EWCA Civ 837, [2003] 2 FLR 865
Links:
Statutes:
Child Support Act 1991, Children Act 1989 1
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Radmacher v Granatino CA 2-Jul-2009
Husband and wife, neither English, had married in England. Beforehand they had signed a prenuptial agreement in Germany agreeing that neither should claim against the other on divorce. The wife appealed against an order to pay a lump sum to the . .
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Child Support
Updated: 27 November 2022; Ref: scu.184077
