The Family Section separated a couple for the wife's cruelty and adultery and found she never paid the €43,000 a deed said she paid for half the home. It matters to anyone relying on a receipt clause between partners.
The Family Section dissolved a marriage of more than 50 years for the husband's excesses, threats and grave injuries and gave the wife the flat, half his pension and €135,000. It matters to spouses whose home was bought with one side's inherited money.
The First Hall of the Civil Court ordered a birth act corrected to the full names a woman had always used, on documents alone, but only for acts in the Director's power. It matters to anyone whose official records carry a name they never used.
The Court of Appeal held that maintenance during a separation case is set by need, not income, and that an interim order cannot make one spouse pay a joint bank debt. It ordered the husband to file his foreign bank statements.
After a church tribunal annulled the marriage, the Family Section still weighed fault to split the costs, and divided the couple's property by what each had paid. It matters to anyone whose separation case outlives an annulment.
The Family Section pronounced a separation against an absent wife, found her solely at fault, ended her maintenance and gave the husband the rented home. It matters to any spouse whose partner has left and cannot be traced.
A Gozo court ordered the Public Registry to add a second given name the parents had always meant their daughter to carry, but left them to pay the costs. It matters to any parent who registers a child's name wrongly.
The Family Section gave a mother sole custody, removed the absent father's parental authority under article 154(e) of the Civil Code and ordered €325 monthly maintenance with arrears from birth. It matters to any parent raising a child alone.