Ancillary Relief

Financial provision - ancillary relief - division of assets – matrimonialisation of assets – equal or unequal sharing of assets - Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26.

Financial provision - ancillary relief – mental disability - division of assets - whether there should be a clean break or ongoing spousal maintenance

Financial provision - ancillary relief - division of assets - equal sharing

Financial provision - ancillary relief – child maintenance

Financial provision - ancillary relief - division of assets - equal sharing

Divorce - Financial provision - ancillary relief – interim child maintenance – school education payments

Financial provision - ancillary relief - costs - whether to order payment on the indemnity basis

Financial provision - ancillary relief - costs - whether to order payment on the indemnity basis

Financial provision - ancillary relief - matrimonial or non-matrimonial assets - costs of sale on real estate assets - duration of child maintenance orders - Guidance given by Peel J in WC v HC [2022] EWFC 22.

Unreported judgment of Williams J in the Family Division. Issues: Ancillary Relief, Divorce. [2026] CIGC (Fam) 4 Parr v Parr Judgment Neutral Citation Number: [2026] CIGC (Fam) 4 IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FAMILY DIVISION CAUSE NO. FAM 94 OF 2024 BETWEEN: LINDSAY GAYNOR PARR PETITIONER AND ROBERT PARR RESPONDENT Appearances: Ms. Francesca Dowse of McGrath Tonner for the Petitioner Ms. Laura Clemens of Cayman Family Law for the Respondent Before: Hon. Justice Richard Williams Heard: 29 April 2026 Draft Judgment circulated: 1 May 2026 Judgment Delivered: 7 May 2026 JUDGMENT Application and procedural background 1. I am dealing with ancillary relief proceedings. There is a final financial hearing listed for four days scheduled to commence on 3 June 2026. The applications before me today concentrate on disclosure issues raised by the Petitioner. The Respondent indicates that he is not asking the Court to consider, at this hearing, any disclosure issues that he may have. 2. McGrath Tonner have been...

Unreported judgment of Williams J in the Family Division. Issues: Children, Practice & Procedure, Ancillary Relief, Divorce. The judgment was delivered in private, but the Judge hereby gives leave for it to be published. The judgment in this matter is being distributed on a strict understanding that in any report no person other than the attorneys (and any other person identified by name in the judgment itself) may be identified by name or location and in particular the anonymity of the child and the adult members of their family must be strictly preserved. [2026] CIGC (Fam) 8 TM v MM – Ex Tempore Ruling Neutral Citation Number: [2026] CIGC (Fam) 8 IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FAMILY DIVISION CAUSE NO: FAM 157 OF 2021 BETWEEN: TM Petitioner AND: MM Respondent Appearances: The Petitioner and the Respondent in person Before: Hon. Mr. Justice Richard Williams Heard: 26 May 2026 Date of Judgment: 26 May 2026 Perfected ruling circulated: 1 June 2026 Financial provision - child...

Unreported judgment of Henderson J in the Family Division. Issues: Ancillary Relief, Divorce. Judgment – Thomas Martin Dewitt v. Edna Vandeen Dewitt Cause No. D66 of 2008 03.05.11 Page 1 of 10 IN THE MATTER OF THE GRAND COURT 1 HOLDEN AT GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN 2 3 CAUSE NO. D66 OF 2008 4 5 BETWEEN: THOMAS MARTIN DEWITT 6 PETITIONER 7 8 AND: EDNA VANDEEN DEWITT 9 RESPONDENT 10 11 Appearances: Mr. Philip Boni of Higgs & Johnson 12 for the Petitioner 13 14 Ms. Vanessa Allard of Brooks & Brooks 15 for the Respondent 16 17 Before: Hon. Justice Henderson 18 19 Heard: May 3, 2011 20 21 JUDGMENT 22 23 1. In this matrimonial cause, the Petitioner Thomas Martin Dewitt passed away in 24 January 2011 during the course of the proceeding. The applicants before me now 25 are the executors of Mr. Dewitt's will. I have already granted an order of probate 26 Judgment – Thomas Martin Dewitt v....

Judgment Financial Provision - Ancillary relief - spousal maintenance - matrimonial debts - clean break

Financial provision - ancillary relief - matrimonial or non-matrimonial assets - costs of sale on real estate assets - duration of child maintenance orders - Guidance given by Peel J in WC v HC [2022] EWFC 22.

Financial Provision - Ancillary relief - effect of purported agreement, whether there was a binding agreement - application for occupational rent - payment of mortgage when one party is able to exclusively occupy the matrimonial home - clean break - duration of periodic payments for child pursuant to s.22(1) Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision) - requirement to comply with Practice Direction No 11/2014 ?Court Bundles in Family Proceedings In the Family Division of the Grand Court.?

Family Division - Children Law- Specific issue order - religious upbringing - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - proof that a country is a signatory. Matrimonial Causes Law - Ancillary relief - matrimonial property - financial contribution - child maintenance

Financial Provision - Ancillary relief - Court has the power to order periodical payments for school fees - Consideration of what is meant by the Court ™s s.19 duty to have regard first of all to the bests interests of the children when dealing with ancillary relief matters - What constitutes a matrimonial asset - Effect of contributions by parties towards purchase and improvements to matrimonial assets - US income tax liability as a marital debt - Suitability of Mesher orders

Ancillary Relief - Consent order - legal issues hearing (i) concerning application for declaration as to true agreement in the order relating to a joint tenancy (ii) concerning lack of clarity as to whether an application expressed by the Applicant to be one for a variation of the order is actually a variation application or ort whether it is a set aside application or an appeal - legal issue hearing at request of Petitioner to determine whether the variation, declaratory relief and disclosure orders claimed in the Applicant ™s Summons are as a matter of law available to the Applicant - The procedure in relation to the submission of and approval of consent ancillary relief orders

Unreported judgment of Carter J in the Family Division. Issues: Children, Divorce, Ancillary Relief, Practice & Procedure. 210723 EM v DM – Judgment 1 IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FAMILY DIVISION FAM 0150/2020 LACVO104/2020 BETWEEN E.M. Petitioner AND D.M. Respondent Appearances: Petitioner appears in person Mr. Lindsay Cacho, Attorney-at-Law for the Respondent Before: Hon. Justice Marlene I. Carter (Actg.) Dates heard: 27 and 28 April 2021 Date Delivered: 23 July 2021 PREAMBLE This judgment is distributed with the strict understanding that, in any respect of it, the anonymity of the parties and of the child must be strictly preserved, that is, no party or child may be identified by name, school, location, or by family members. HEADNOTE Final Ancillaries; Residence and Maintenance for the child of the family; spousal support JUDGMENT 1. The parties were married on the 3rd of February 2015 in Grand Cayman. The Petition seeking dissolution of the marriage was filed on the 3rd day of August 2020. There is one...

Ancillary Relief

Unreported judgment of Gunn J in the Family Division. Issues: Children, Practice & Procedure, Ancillary Relief. 20210730 | SPE v AJB | FAM 300/2020 | Judgment Page 1 of 37 IN THE GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS FAMILY DIVISION CAUSE FAM 300 OF 2020 (Formerly JC 0020/2014 and SMA 0025/2020) BETWEEN SE APPLICANT/RESPONDENT AND AB RESPONDENT/APPLICANT Before: Hon Justice Gunn (Actg) Appearances: Miss S Brooks QC for SPE Mr G. Hampson and Miss Y Mullen for AJB Date of Hearing: 23-25 June 2021 and 1 July 2021 Draft Judgment circulated: 20 July 2021 Date of Judgment: 30 July 2021 Headnote Family Law – Section 10 orders – discharge of orders on child’s 16th birthday - making of orders beyond age 16 – exceptional circumstances JUDGMENT 1. SE and AB are parents of T, who was born on 30 December 2004. I shall refer to the parties as “Mother” and “Father” respectively. The parties were never married and separated in 2007 when T was 2 years...