Allen v Allen (1984)

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Appeal from — Remission of arrears — Periodical payments order registered in magistrates' court — Husband's application for variation and for remission of arrears — Refusal by justices to vary or to remit arrears — Whether jurisdiction to remit arrears on appeal by originating motion — Maintenance Orders Act 1958, ss 3(2), 4(7) — Magistrates' Courts Act 1980, s 95 — RSC, Ord 55, r 7

[1985] Fam 8; [1985] 2 WLR 65