According to press reports recently, a woman from Swindon is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of theft for emptying out her ex-partner’s house of all belongings, including carpets. According to the report, the woman arranged for a removal company to strip the property bare after discovering that her partner
In my experience some couples rush into marriage without considering the financial consequences that marriage can bring. Couples can get swept away with the romance of marriage and some turn their focus away from the relationship towards creating a fairy tale wedding. Having a “perfect” wedding can be expensive and
It has been reported in today’s press that new laws are due to be announced that will mean thousands of couples who Separate each year will have to consider mediation before they apply to court. In reforms included in the Children and Families Bill, a parent seeking a court order
Christmas can be a wonderful time for families; a time to cherish with loved ones. However Christmas can also be one to remember for all the wrong reasons. There is so much pressure on families to be happy over the festive period; couples want everything to be perfect at Christmas
The Daily Mail online today reports that the most senior family judge of England and Wales has been asked to annul 180 divorces granted by courts in this country to Italians who had falsely claimed that they live here. It appears that, in 179 of these cases, the same address
It has been reported in the Daily Mail today that the Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood has said that cheating on his wife “was the biggest mistake” of his life. It has also been reported that he hopes to reconcile with his wife, Alexandra despite the fact that
The Mail Online has today published an article by Hilary Freeman about the difficulties that she and her (now) ex-husband faced when going through their Divorce. The article talks about how, due to financial constraints, they remained living together for a period of 2 years until their divorce was finalised
The BBC reported last week that breaking up is getting even harder to do for couples nowadays. They attribute one of the causes as being the changes in the legal aid system brought about from April 2013. Essentially legal aid is now no longer available for assistance with a Divorce
People may well have seen reports this week of a case in the Court of Appeal dealing with a Mother’s refusal to allow contact between her son and his father. The reasons were in case the Father fed him meat in breach of his strict vegetarian diet, safety concerns, such
Today’s Daily Mail carries an article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown which deals with the often hidden effects on children of the divorce or separation of their parents. The article mentions a documentary to be shown on BBC2 tonight at 9pm. I suspect that the programme will be difficult to watch but
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