Family law divorce act 1996 an act to make provision for the exercise by the courts of the jurisdiction conferred by the constitution to grant decrees of divorce to enabe the courts to make certain preliminary and ancillary orders in or after proceedings for divorce to provide as respects transfers of property of divorced spouses for their exemption from or for the abatement of certain taxes including stamp duty and to provide for related matters - Dublin The Stationary Office 1996 - 35p - Number 33 of 1996 .