B.R. v P.T. (Approved)

1.������ This matter comes before the Court on foot of an appeal brought by Mr. R., (hereafter the �appellant�), arising from an Order of the Circuit Court (Judge Ryan) who prepared a detailed written judgment which this Court has considered. A decree of Judicial Separation was granted on of 30th November 2011 in proceedings pursuant to the Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act, 1989 and the Family Law Act, 1995. The appellant commenced divorce proceedings by way of a Family Law Civil Bill dated 16th June 2017 and issued on 29th June 2017.

2.������ The appeal was heard before this Court over the course of four days, in two tranches,� on 24th and 25th October 2019 and 21st and 22nd January 2020.

3.������ The appellant is a litigant in person and P.T. (hereafter the �respondent�) was represented in October by her solicitor, Ms. Hayes, and at the resumed hearing of the matter in January by counsel, Mr. Shields, B.L. instructed by Ms. Hayes. Both the appellant and the respondent gave evidence to this Court, and both were cross examined.

��������� ���� That the respective shares that the parties herein would be entitled to in the estate of the other as a legal right or on intestacy under the Succession Act, 1965 be and are hereby extinguished pursuant to Section 14 of the Family Law Act, 1995

��������� ���� That the Parties be and are hereby further precluded from making application for provision under Section 15 (A) (10) of the Family Law Act 1995 as inserted by Section 52 (g) of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996.