The needs of the parties is one of the factors to be considered by the court under the checklist set out in section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. It is a legal term and might not mean what you think it does. What is says is the court shall have regard to: 'The financial needs, obligations …
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Financial ‘needs’ and divorce
If you are dealing with divorce and the financial disentanglement flowing from that, I am sure you will have hear the phrases 'financial needs' or 'meeting the needs' or the phrase becoming more popular 'needs, generously interpreted'. You might be fine with understanding what that's about. It is a …