Karen Nunez-Tesheira is a family law expert who has researched extensively into family law across the Commonwealth Caribbean. From 2010 to 2014, she was a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Cave Hill Campus, University of the West Indies, having previously taught at the Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad. Between 2007 and 2010, she served as a Member of Parliament and Minister of Finance in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

• PrefaceTable of StatutesList of CasesPart 1-Preliminary MattersChapter 1-Introduction To Spousal Family LawPart 2-Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital UnionChapter 2-Marriage and the De Jure SpouseChapter 3-The Statutory Non-Marital Union and the Statutory SpouseChapter 4-The Legal Consequences of Marriage and the Statutory Non-Marital Union: An OverviewThe Breakdown of the MarriageChapter 5-Separation Agreements and Judicial Separation OrdersChapter 6- The Void and Voidable Marriage: Declaration and Decree of NullityChapter 7- Dissolution of Marriage: The Divorce Regimes Financial Support: the De Jure and Statutory SpouseChapter 8-Financial Support : Some PreliminariesChapter 9-Financial Support on Dissolution of Marriage or Termination of Statutory non-Marital UnionChapter 10-Financial Support During Marriage and the Non-Marital UnionProperty and Property Adjustment OrdersChapter 11- The Statutory RegimeChapter 12- The Common Intention Constructive Trust Chapter 13- inheritance and Family ProvisionDomestic Violence Protection Legislation and Spousal Restraining OrdersChapter 14-Domestic Violence Protection and Restraining Orders

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