An Act allowing certain people — including a former spouse or civil partner, and sometimes a former cohabitant — to claim financial provision from a deceased person's estate if the will or intestacy rules do not make reasonable provision for them. Financial remedy orders often limit or exclude these claims as part of a clean break.
In Plain English
A law that allows certain people to claim money from an estate if they weren't left enough to live on. In divorce, people often agree to 'clean break' orders that stop either person from using this law in the future.
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