The financial arrangements on divorce are usually settled by agreement.  It is important to get the court to make an order incorporating the terms of the agreement - an 'ancillary relief order by consent'.  

 The purpose is to achieve certainty, because either party to a marriage can make a financial claim against the other at any time after the end of the marriage.  There is no time limit for such a claim, and it is not unheard of for a claim to made many years after the end of a marriage.  T...
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