Divorce made easy?
No Fault divorce was all set to move smoothly through parliament and land on statute books anytime soon. However, not for the first time in the history of No Fault Divorce, [...]
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Breaking-up before the Big Day
Last time we discussed how children fare during a split or divorce. This time we’re discussing Pre-nuptial agreements: Planning how to break-up before you get [...]
Splitting Up and Conflict: How Do Children Fare?
Family Portrait, a study undertaken by Gingerbread and the University of Sheffield, looked at the wellbeing of children living in single-parent households. The results are [...]
No-Fault Divorce
No Fault Divorce allows a married couple to divorce without the need to state that one spouse was at fault. The Government has issued a consultation paper suggesting [...]
How do children manage when parents divorce or split up
Research has been carried out by Cafcass[1] on how children fare when their parents separate. It includes views from parents, children advocate groups, and various academics [...]
DIVORCE: How unreasonable is unreasonable behaviour?
There are surprisingly few divorce trials. Mostly divorces go through the court by agreement, one way or another. Therefore, when a divorce goes to an appeal, all divorce [...]
Divorce loose ends that lead back to court
26 years after a divorce was half completed, and decades after the couple had informally agreed how to split their finances, the husband came to court asking for more [...]
Protecting your child? or just plain hostile to the other parent?
I am a family divorce lawyer and mediator at Hopkin Murray Beskine Solicitors. There has been a recent case[1] of a 6 year old girl who had been the focus of court cases for [...]
Shared Parenting After Divorce or Separation
A recent study looked at how families balance time and money[1] It shows we juggle intense workloads and family commitments. As a result many parents look for flexible [...]
Divorce and pensions
What happens to pensions in divorce? A recent report[1] gives surprising statistics that 7 out of 10 couples tend not to think about pension provisions during divorce [...]