L v L
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Master Sweeney |
| Judgment Date | 19 October 2018 |
| Neutral Citation | [2018] NIMaster 14 |
| Court | High Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 19 October 2018 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2018] NIMaster 14
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: 2018NIMASTER14
Delivered: 19/10/18
17/038488/01
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
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BETWEEN:
L
Petitioner
and
L
Respondent
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MASTER SWEENEY
Introduction
[1] The L family’s ancillary relief case was listed before me for hearing on
15th June 2018, a Decree Nisi having been granted on 3rd May 2018 on cross decrees
grounded on the fact that each party had behaved in such a way that the other could
not reasonably be expected to live with them.
[2] On 15th June 2018 after progress made in negotiations, an adjournment was
afforded until 21st September 2018 when the hearing commenced, continued on
12th October 2018 and comes before me for judgement today, 19th October 2018.
Background
[3] The Petitioner married the Respondent on 29th September 2006, though they
had cohabited for a period before that, during which time their eldest son A was
born. He is now aged 16 years. The parties went on to have two more children B,
now aged 10 years and C, now aged 8 years.
[4] The parties separated in or about July 2016, lived in challenging
circumstances under the same roof for some time after the marriage broke down
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