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Overview — Financial orders
Justin Dowd, Partner, Watts McCray
The court has the power to grant injunctions under s 114 of the Family Law Act 1975. Generally, s 114 is only invoked to affect property interests in a temporary manner and s 79 is relied upon for a final determination of property interests. An injunction in relation to property will usually aim to achieve one of two goals:
Penalties are also provided for a breach of an injunction granted under s 114.
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