5 MORE WAYS TO AVOID SEEING A DIVORCE LAWYER
Following on from the previous blog here are 5 more issues to consider:- 1) Children. They can be a source of great joy, but also of great stress. Becoming parents introduces a different dynamic to...
View ArticleBACK TO SCHOOL – TIME FOR A CHANGE? DON’T FORGET THE KIDS
Divorce and Children Apart from the Olympics it’s been a pretty awful summer for many:- whether it be washed out summer fetes, no improvement in the economy (whatever that means!) or graduate...
View ArticleLEGISLATIVE CHANGES ABOUT CONTACT AND RESIDENCE?
Every so often we have a debate on parental rights about whether there should be an automatic assumption that both parents should play an equal role in their children’s lives if they separate or...
View ArticleTHE MODERN MEDEA
Medea is a Greek Tragedy written by Euripides around about the 5th Century BC. It tells the tale of a wife scorned by her husband so enraged by her predicament that she takes revenge through their...
View ArticleA CHILD’S DILEMMA
I am reading a fascinating book at the moment – ‘The Science of Love and Betrayal’ by Robin Dunbar, it is all about why people fall in love, is there any scientific or logical reason for this, does it...
View ArticleMANAGING EXPECTATIONS
Although it is only November, as soon as the clocks go back it seems that everyone is trying to get us to focus on Christmas. Christmas can be a great family time of year, an excuse to take some time...
View ArticleTHE BEST LAWYER?
This blog was prompted by a telephone call I received late one Friday from someone extremely anxious about the way his separation was going. He had hoped to keep things fairly low key and amicable...
View ArticleNEW LAW FOR PARENTS
On the 25th February MPs passed the new Children and Families Bill which extends the statutory rights for parents in relation to their children’s upbringing. This has an impact in both employment and...
View ArticleWHO HAS THE CHILDREN?
When parents separate a key question is what is going to happen to the children. Contrary to popular belief both parents not just fathers, fear that they will see less of their children. Obviously...
View ArticleIS THE FAMILY COURT FIT FOR PURPOSE?
Many couples involved in divorce or issues related to children would say very definitely “no”. It can seem as though the “system” is against you. The Courts are not really designed with people in...
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