Matrimonial Causes Rules 2023
Download PDF| Year | 2023 |
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| Category | Consolidated |
| Last Updated | 2026-02-19 16:15:51 |
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| File Size | 344.3 KB |
| Source | bermudalaws.bm |
Table of Contents
- 1. Citation
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Application of other rules
- 4. Application under section 7 of the Act
- 5. Proceedings after service of application under section 7 of the Act
- 6. Discontinuance of cause before service of application
- 7. Cause to be begun by application
- 8. Contents of application
- 9. Signing and verification of application and filing of affidavit
- 10. Presentation of application
- 11. Service of application
- 12. Notice of intention to defend
- 13. Supplemental application and amendment of application for an order of divorce,
- 14. Filing of answer to an application
- 15. Filing of reply and subsequent pleadings
- 16. Filing of pleading after directions for trial
- 17. Contents of answer and subsequent pleadings
- 18. Parties cited in pleading
- 19. Service of pleadings
- 20. Supplemental answer and amendment of pleadings
- 21. Particulars
- 22. Directions for trial
- 23. Stay of proceedings under Schedule 1 to the Act
- 24. Evidence generally
- 25. Evidence by affidavit, etc.
- 26. Evidence of marriage outside Bermuda
- 27. Mode of trial
- 28. Trial of issue
- 29. Further provisions as to date of trial
- 30. Disposal of causes in special procedure list
- 31. Right to be heard on ancillary questions
- 32. Respondent’s statement as to arrangements for children
- 33. Order as to arrangements for children to be drawn up
- 34. Restoration of matters adjourned, etc. at the hearing
- 35. Recordings of proceedings at trial; exclusion
- 36. Application for re-hearing
- 37. Orders
- 38. Application for rescission of order
- 39. Application under section 14 of the Act
- 40. Copies of orders
- 41. Service of order
- 42. Intervention to show cause by Attorney-General
- 43. Intervention to show cause by person other than Attorney-General
- 44. Rescission of conditional divorce order by consent
- 45. Final order on lodging notice
- 46. Final order on application
- 47. Indorsement and certificate of final divorce order
- 48. Application by applicant or respondent for ancillary relief
- 49. Application by guardian, etc. for ancillary relief in respect of children
- 50. Application in Form 14 or Form
- 51. Application for ancillary relief after order of magistrates’ court
- 52. Children to be separately represented on certain applications
- 53. General provisions as to evidence, etc. on application for ancillary relief
- 54. Evidence on application for property adjustment or avoidance of disposition
- 55. Evidence on application for variation order
- 56. Service of affidavit in answer or reply
- 57. Investigation by registrar of application for ancillary relief
- 58. Applications heard by registrar
- 59. Applications heard by judge
- 60. Arrangements for hearing of application etc. by judge
- 61. Request for periodical payments order at same rate as order for maintenance
- 62. Application for order under section 41(2)(a) of the Act
- 63. Custody, care and supervision of children
- 64. Further provisions as to orders under section 47 of the Act
- 65. Removal of child out of Bermuda
- 66. Reference to Director of Child and Family Services
- 67. Notice of other proceedings relating to children
- 68. Application in case of wilful neglect to maintain
- 69. Hearing of applications under rule
- 70. Application for alteration of maintenance agreement during lifetime of parties
- 71. Application for alteration of maintenance agreement after death of one party
- 72. Further proceedings on application under rule
- 73. Application for maintenance from deceased’s estate
- 74. Application for declaration affecting matrimonial status
- 75. Application under section 48 of the Act
- 76. General provisions as to proceedings under rule 75 or rule
- 77. Person under disability must sue by next friend; etc
- 78. Service on person under disability
- 79. Application for nullity on ground of insanity, etc
- 80. Separate representation of children
- 81. Service out of Bermuda
- 82. Service by post or electronic means
- 83. Service of documents where no special mode of service prescribed
- 84. Proof of service by registrar
- 85. Mode of making applications
- 86. No notice of intention to proceed after year’s delay
- 87. Mode of giving notice
- 88. Inspection etc. of documents retained in court
- 89. Appeals from registrar
- 90. Revocation
- 1. These Rules may be cited as the Matrimonial Causes Rules 2023.
- 2. (1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
| Case Name | Citation | Date | Court |
|---|---|---|---|
| K Applicant/Mother v A Respondent/Father | [2026] SC (Bda) 2 (16 January 2026) | 2026-01-16 | Supreme Court |
| D v J Reasons For Ruling Of 31 December 2025 | 2025-12-31 | Supreme Court | |
| M v M | [2025] SC (Bda) 130 div. (Set Aside) (19 December 2025) | 2025-12-19 | Supreme Court |