December 01, 2014 | Posted by :
J Morris |
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Deciding what to do about the family home is often the hardest part of a divorce or separation. Do you sell up and split the proceeds? If you keep it, who’s going to move out? How will you work out mortgage payments? A family home is full of memories, some of which may become bittersweet after divorce – the place you call home becomes both a familiar safe haven and the site of bad memories.
For most separating couples, the family home is their biggest financial investment, and will need to be used as an asset during the divorce process. This may ...
June 20, 2014 | Posted by :
J Morris |
Blog In April, a number of key changes came into effect for family law cases and private children’s issues. The Government has acknowledged that the sometimes adversarial environment of court may not always provide a positive arena for separating parents, and Sir James Munby, President of the High Court Family Division, is actively encouraging couples to seek help from mediator-solicitors for family-based alternatives to divorce.
Following the changes in the Children and Families Act 2014, anyone applying to court to arrange financial provision and care arrangements for children must attend a Mediation Information and Assessment Appointment (MIAMS) before court proceedings can go ahead. These issues include where children will live ...
May 22, 2014 | Posted by :
J Morris |
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When kids are involved in a divorce or separation there’s a lot more to think about than your relationships with your ex. Helping your children to understand and cope with the transition can be tough, and despite the title of this blog post I’m afraid it’s never going to be ‘easy’. However, there certainly are ways to make it less painful on all of you. Here are ten of them:
1) Be honest from the outset: children know when they’re being lied to – even if you think hiding the truth will protect them from being upset – and while they don’t necessarily ...
April 11, 2014 | Posted by :
J Morris |
Blog Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes recommends mediation to couples and parents who are considering divorce as statistics on the ten busiest divorce courts in England and Wales are revealed. The minister suggests that thousands of couples could benefit from alternatives to battles in court by using local family mediator-solicitors to help them resolve relationships disputes.
Simon Hughes explained:
“Mediation works in helping to sort out disputes over finances and children. We are committed to making sure that more people make use of it rather than go through the confrontational and stressful experience of going to court.
These figures show thousands of people are sadly still divorcing each year. We want them to do it in the ...
March 29, 2014 | Posted by :
J Morris |
Blog Under new same-sex marriage laws which came into effect on the 13th of March, couples are now allowed to make applications to marry in the UK. The first same-sex marriages following the change in law are due to take place on the 29th of March, but for couples currently in civil partnerships who are hoping to organise a conversion to marriage, the wait may be longer. The Government has not provided a clear timescale for when civil partnerships can be converted to marriage, although recent estimated suggest there could be delays in implementing these changes until the end of the year.
Family law experts ...
