Matrimonial Causes Act 1907
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Citation7 Edw. 7. c. 12
Dates
Royal assent9 August 1907

The Matrimonial Causes Act 1907 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated previous legislation relating to maintenance payments to separated and divorced women. It was designed in response to one cause of poverty amongst mothers and their children, marriage break-up. Support for the "endowment of motherhood" was also increased.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Foundations of the Welfare State by Pat Thane
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