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Family proceedings

29 January 2016
Issue: 7684 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Maughan v Wilmot [2016] EWHC 29 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 103 (Jan)

The Family Division refused to exercise its discretion in relation to an application by the husband to set aside an order for payment of child maintenance based on the service provisions in that order. Over two years had elapsed before the husband had taken the point on service, although he had taken many other meritless points about the validity of the order all of which had been dismissed.

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