AI Summary of 27. Jurisdiction of court to make relief orders.
Subject to subsection (2), the court may make a relief order only if at least one of the following requirements is satisfied: (a) either spouse was domiciled in the State on the date of the application under section 23(3) in relation to the relief order or was so domiciled on the date on which the divorce or judicial separation took effect in the country or jurisdiction in which it was obtained; (b) either spouse was ordinarily resident in the State throughout the period of one year ending on either of those dates; (c) on the date of the institution of the proceedings either or both spouses had a beneficial interest in land situated in the State.
Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a case to which the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Acts 1988 and 1993 apply, nor to a relief order that is the subject of a request under section 14 of the Maintenance Act 1994.
27. Jurisdiction of court to make relief orders.
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the court may make a relief order if, but only if, at least one of the following requirements is satisfied:
(a) either of the spouses concerned was domiciled in the State on the date of the application for an order under section 23(3) in relation to the relief order or was so domiciled on the date on which the divorce or judicial separation concerned took effect in the country or jurisdiction in which it was obtained,
(b) either of the spouses was ordinarily resident in the State throughout the period of one year ending on either of the dates aforesaid,
(c) on the date of the institution of the proceedings aforesaid either or both of the spouses had a beneficial interest in land situated in the State.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a case to which the Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Acts, 1988 and 1993, apply or to a relief order that is the subject of a request under section 14 of the Maintenance Act, 1994.