1[The District Court may, before passing a decree for dissolution of the marriage or a decree of nullity of marriage, inquire into] the existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements made on the parties whose marriage is the subject of the decree, and may make such orders, with reference to the application of the whole or a portion of the property settled, whether for the benefit of the husband or the wife, or of the children (if any) of the marriage, or of both children and parents, as to the Court seems fit:
Provided that the Court shall not make any order for the benefit of the parents or either of them at the expense of the children.
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1. Subs. by Act 51 of 2001, s. 24, for certain words (w.e.f. 3-10-2001).
Section 31 of Divorce Act - Wifes legal position during continuance of order
Section 32 of Divorce Act - Petition for restitution of conjugal rights
Section 33 of Divorce Act - Answer to petition
Section 36 of Divorce Act - Alimony pendente lite
Section 37 of Divorce Act - Power to order permanent alimony
Section 38 of Divorce Act - Court may direct payment of alimony to wife or to her trustee
Section 40 of Divorce Act - Inquiry into existence of ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements