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1. Introduction; Article 14, European Convention for the Protection ofHuman Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950; An overview of the CivilPartnership Act 2004; 2. The Creation of a Civil Partnership; Eligibility;Registration of a civil partnership; The standard procedure; The procedurefor house-bound, detained and non-resident persons; The special procedure;Registration by former spouses, one of whom has changed sex; Civilpartnership agreements; Practical guide; 3. The Termination of a CivilPartnership; Introduction; Dissolution orders; Nullity orders; Separationorders; Presumption of death orders; Applications for final dissolution andnullity orders by respondents; Dissolution, nullity and separation ordersaffecting children of the family; Declarations in relation to a civilpartnership; Intervention of the Queen's Proctor and third parties; Practicalguide; 4. Civil Partnerships Formed or Dissolved Abroad; Registration outsidethe UK under an Order in Council; Recognition of foreign cicil partnerships;Jurisdiction to make nullity orders in relation to civil partnerships formedabroad; Recognition of overseas dissolution etc; 5. Financial Relief in theHigh Court and County Court; Bar on applications for financial relief;Financial provision orders; Property adjustment orders; Sale of propertyorders; Pension sharing and pension attachment orders; Maintenance pendingoutcome orders; Matters to which the court must have regard; Failure tomaintain; Variation and discharge of financial relief orders; Consent ordersand maintenance agreements; Arrears and repayments; Freezing and avoidance ofdisposition orders; Improvements to property and property disputes; 6.Financial Relief in the Magistrates' Court; Orders in failure tomaintain/behaviour/desertion cases: Part 1 orders; Orders for agreedfinancial provision: Part 2 orders; Orders where the civil partners areliving separately: Part 3 orders; Interim orders; Variation of orders;Enforcement, arrears and repayments; Variation of maintenance agreements;Failure to maintain: magistrates' court and High Court/county court compared;7. Financial Relief Following an Overseas Dissolution, Annulment orSeparation; Bar to applications for financial relief; Jurisdiction of thecourts in England and Wales to make orders for financial relief; Financialorders which the court may make; Matters to which the court must have regard;Orders restraining and setting aside dispositions; 8. Wills, Administrationof Estates and Family Provision; Revocation of wills upon formation of acivil partnership; Effect of dissolution and annulment orders upon wills;Intestacy; Applications for family provision; Life assurance policies; Fatalaccident claims; 9. Housing and Tenancies; Succession to tenancies; Transferof tenancies; 10. Children of Civil Partners; Parental responsibility;Guardianship; Residence and contact orders; Financial provision for children;Adoption; 11. Civil Partnership Homes and Domestic Violence; Rights to occupythe civil partnership home; Occupation orders; Non-molestation orders; Exparte orders, powers of arrest and undertakings; 12. Child Support, SocialSecurity and Taxation; Child support; Social security benefits; Taxation; 13.Pensions; State retirement pension; Occupational and personal pensionschemes; 14. Jurisdiction; Jurisdiction of the courts in relation todissolution, separation, nullity, presumption of death and declarations as tovalidity; Allocation to the High Court and county court; APPENDICES; Appendix1: Civil Partnership Act 2004; Appendix 2: Useful Web References