An occupation order is a type of injunction in English law. It is one of two types of injunction available under the

Family Law Act 1996 The Family Law Act 1996c 27 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom governing divorce law and marriage. The law intends to modernise divorce and to shift slightly towards "no fault" divorce from the fault-based approach of the Matrimonia ...

, the other being a non-molestation order.{{cite web, url=http://www.womensaid.org.uk/domestic-violence-survivors-handbook.asp?section=000100010008000100330002, title=Women's Aid - The Survivor's Handbook - Getting an injunction, publisher=womensaid.org.uk, accessdate=2015-06-11 An occupation order is used to regulate who can live in the family home.

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Injunctions in English law English family law