The Family Court ruled on the application for maintenance pending suit brought by the wife against the husband following the parties’ separation and divorce.
The Family Court ruled on the application for maintenance pending suit brought by the wife against the husband following the parties’ separation and divorce, awarding the wife maintenance pending suit, to include maintenance for the children, in the sum of £71,300 per month.
The Family Division made, among other things, an order for return of the child to Portugal, suspended pending the mother obtaining a visa to re-enter Portugal.
Knowles J held that HFEA 2008, s 54(3) did not prevent the court making an order merely because the application was made after the expiration of the 6-month period following birth, if appropriate on the particular facts of the case.