Thanks jules, this seems to have helped with part of my issue however it leads me to another question.
My question that follows on from this is - Can you dynamically add and remove the ignores?
I currently have the following code:
- $("#formName").validate({
- ignore: '#divName *'
- });
This currently works with ignoring the hidden section but on selecting of a checkbox, 'divName' is displayed so I need to remove the ignore at this point but also be able to re-add it if the checkbox is changed again as 'divName' this hidden again.