article_snippet: Husbands who refuse to pay the divorce settlements Husbands who refuse to pay the divorce settlements they owe their ex-wives owe Husbands who refuse to pay the divorce settlements they owe their ex-wives ex-wives should be banned from driving, travelling abroad and even given court-enforced curfews, Government legal advisers said yesterday.
article_snippet: The only punishment the courts can impose is prison – but sending a husband to jail for as long as six months requires criminal standards of proof that are hard to establish, the consultation paper said.
article_snippet: the Commission called for a new power for courts to impose 'disqualification from foreign travel' orders which would stop an errant husband from taking a foreign holiday or going abroad on business for 12 months.
article_snippet: Unpaid wives should also be able to apply for Unpaid wives to be banned from driving, the Commission said.
highlights_snippet: Legal advisers want tough punishments for husbands who refuse divorce .
  