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137. Powers of court in relation to transactions intended to prevent or reduce relief.

(1) In this section -

"disposition" means a disposition of property, other than a disposition by will or codicil;

"relief" means the financial or other material benefits conferred by an order under section 116, 117, 118, 119(1)(a), (b) or (c), 120, 121 to 126, 127, or 131 (other than an order affecting an order referred to in section 131(1)(e)), and references to defeating a claim for relief are references to -

(a) preventing the relief being granted to the person concerned, whether for the benefit of the person or of a dependent child of the civil partners concerned,

(b) limiting the relief granted, or

(c) frustrating or impeding the enforcement of an order granting relief;