# Matrimonial Causes (Property and Maintenance) Act 1958, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to enable the power of the court in matrimonial proceedings to order alimony, maintenance or the securing of a sum of money to be exercised at any time after a decree; to provide for the setting aside of dispositions of property made for the purpose of reducing the assets available for satisfying such an order; to enable the court after the death of a party to a marriage which has been dissolved or annulled to make provision out of his estate in favour of the other party; and to extend the powers of the court under section seventeen of the Married Women’s Property Act, 1882.
[7th July 1958]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/35/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matrimonial-causes-property-and-maintenance-act-1958/introduction
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