Sentences with phrase «wealthy parties»

It also protects the other, less wealthy party.

All of these examples have a familiar pattern: wealthy parties who can add tons of attorneys to a case going up against someone much less powerful than them.

Under the current Court system, particularly in cases of wealthy parties, the Judge in a Financial Settlement case will start off with an assumption of a 50:50 split of all property and assets.

Although SLAPPs generally take the form of civil lawsuits between private parties, they often involve a powerful or wealthy party taking advantage of, and in some cases abusing, the judicial system in order to silence less powerful critics.

Experience indicates that family courts sometimes refuse to enforce prenuptial agreements because, at the time of the divorce, the agreements appear «unfair» to the less wealthy party even if that party is no worse off than he or she (generally she) would have been had she not entered the marriage.

Prenups are usually done by wealthy parties and can be used for:

As there is an obligation on the court in terms of statute to impose a clean break, extensive time to acquire the settlement amount is not likely to be contemplated when there are assets that can be disposed of by the wealthier party.

One of the reasons civil settlements are not currently in favour is that this remedy is perceived in some quarters as equating to wealthy parties being able to buy justice.

Freezing orders in family law are used to prevent a wealthy party from dissipating their assets.

They should not be used as a tactic by wealthier parties to wear down poorer opponents, nor should parties with a weak case seek to preclude the other party from pursuing a legitimate case in this way.

A wealthier party may need the premarital agreement to protect assets for his or her children's inheritance.