Co-respondent

Co-respondent

Co-respondent

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Not to be confused with correspondent.

In English law, a co-respondent is, in general, a respondent to a petition, or other legal proceeding, along with another or others, or a person called upon to answer in some other way.[1]

Divorce

More particularly, since the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, in a petition for divorce on the ground of adultery, a co-respondent is a person charged with misconduct with the petitioner's spouse.[2]

As of 2007, alleged parties to a spouse's adultery must be made co-respondents unless they are not named in the petition or the court directs otherwise.[3][4]

In practice, naming such parties in a divorce petition is discouraged as it may become a barrier to reconciliation. Such parties are only commonly named if the petitioner is seeking costs against them or has some other particular reason.[1][5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Bond et al. (2007) 7.4.19
  2. [2]
    Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Co-respondent" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 144.
  3. [3]
    Family Procedure Rules SI1991/1247, r.2.7(1)
  4. [4]
    "Divorce Information". Thursday, 22 April 2021
  5. [5]
    The Law Society (2006).

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