The Non Marital Family in Irish Law-What You Need to Know About Guardianship, Access, Custody, Maintenance

The Irish Constitution envisages the ‘family’ as one based on marriage alone. Clearly this leads to huge difficulties for the many non-marital families in Ireland. However it has been held that non marital children have the same ‘natural and imprescriptible rights’ as marital children under article 42 of the Constitution. Unlike the rights of the … Read more

Maintenance Orders In Family Law in Ireland

The Social Welfare act, 1993 obliges both spouses in a marriage to provide for each other and their children. Maintenance is also known as periodical payments orders after a divorce or judicial separation. The Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) act 1976 governs the making of maintenance orders or periodical payments orders in Ireland. … Read more