SCHEDULES

F1First Schedule ORDINARY CAUSE RULES 1993

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 1 (with appendices 1 and 2) substituted (1.1.1994) for Sch. 1 (with appendix) by S.I. 1993/1956, para. 2, Sch.1.

Sch. 1 (except rule 29.10) excluded (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, rule 3.24, Sch. 3

Sch. 1 extended (14.2.2000) by S.I. 2000/124, reg. 30(5)

Special provisions in relation to particular causes

F2CHAPTER 33BFINANCIAL PROVISION FOR FORMER COHABITANTS

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Amendments (Textual)
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Sch. 1 Ch. 33B inserted (4.5.2006) by Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 etc.) 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/207), {rule 2(58)}

33B

1

An application under—

a

section 28(2) of the Act for an order for financial provision where cohabitation ends otherwise than by death; or

b

section 29(2) of the Act for an order for financial provision by the survivor on intestacy,

shall be made by initial writ.

2

In an initial writ under paragraph (1)(b) the pursuer shall—

a

name the deceased's executor as the defender; and

b

include a crave for a warrant for intimation to any person having an interest in the deceased's net intestate estate, and a notice of intimation in Form CO1 shall be attached to the initial writ intimated to any such person.

3

Where the identity or address of any person referred to in paragraph (2)(b) is not known and cannot be ascertained, the pursuer shall include in his pleadings an averment of that fact and averments setting out what steps have been taken to identify the identity or address, as the case may be, of that person.

4

An application under section 29(9) of the Act for variation of the date or method of payment of a capital sum shall be made by minute in the process of the action to which the application relates.