Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989

Property adjustment orders.

15.—(1) On granting a decree of judicial separation or at any time thereafter, the court may, on application to it by either spouse, make a property adjustment order, that is to say, any one or more of the following orders—

(a) an order that a spouse shall transfer to the other spouse, to any dependent child of the family or to such person as may be specified in the order for the benefit of such a child such property as may be so specified, being property to which the first-mentioned spouse is entitled, either in possession or reversion;

(b) an order that a settlement of such property as may be so specified, being property to which a spouse is so entitled, be made to the satisfaction of the court for the benefit of the other spouse and of any dependent child of the family or any or all of those persons;

(c) an order varying for the benefit of the spouses and of any dependent child of the family or any or all of those persons any ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlement (including such a settlement made by will or codicil) made on the spouses;

(d) an order extinguishing or reducing the interest of either of the spouses under any such settlement.

(2) The court may, following the granting of a decree of judicial separation, consider and determine whether an order or orders should be made by it in favour of a spouse under this section on one occasion only unless on that occasion a spouse wilfully conceals information of a material nature relevant to the making of any such order or orders.