Injunction

An injunction is a court order that tells a person to do something, or to stop doing something.

In divorce cases, injunctions are often used to:

• stop a spouse from selling or hiding assets (a Mareva injunction)
• stop a spouse from taking a child out of the country
• stop harassment

Section 103 of Act 164 also lets the court order a spouse or former spouse to stop molesting the other.

Why it matters: if you fear your spouse will move money or a child before the case ends, an injunction may help.