Family
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Spousal Maintenance and Capitalisation
Table of Contents What is spousal maintenance? Question: I am getting a divorce and want to avoid spousal maintenance. Can I get a Clean ...
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Making the most out of meeting your solicitor
Family Solicitor, Shakira Johnson, talks about what clients can expect from meeting with a solicitor and how to make the most of these co...
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COHABITATION Q&A – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS WHEN...
Family law Partner, Deborah Prance, answers your questions around cohabiting and your rights if a relationship breaks down: “I have been ...
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Outdoor weddings here to stay?
The Government are calling on you… In July 2021 the Government introduced a change allowing civil marriages and civil partnership proceed...
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Shakira Maynard-Johnson interviews Lady Black
Shakira Maynard-Johnson, solicitor in the Family team at Morrisons Solicitors, is a founding board member of Women in Family Law (WiFL). ...
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What is financial misconduct in divorce?
How misconduct is dealt with in financial remedy proceedings on divorce As practitioners in matrimonial law, we are frequently asked whet...
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Alternatives to Court for Relationship Breakdowns
Along with many other public services during these worrying times, courts are struggling to deal with cases before them. Weekly guidance ...
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How to fund your divorce
When a relationship breaks down there are many tough decisions that need to be made about you, your family, your home and your finances. ...
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Covid-19: Separated parents – how do you manage your child’s ...
The new responsibility of home-schooling children during lockdown is a challenge for all parents, but there are additional considerations...
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Family Care Payments
Family Care Payments (Gratuitous Allowance) If you are a lay deputy who has been appointed by the Court of Protection to manage the fina...
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Divorce: it’s not over until it’s ordered
In England and Wales, a marriage is only legally dissolved by a Decree Absolute being obtained. This is a document produced by the court ...
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Spousal Maintenance – a “meal ticket for life”?
Following a divorce, a spouse may be required to pay their former spouse maintenance, normally on a monthly basis, if they are unable to ...
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Divorce Law: A Change is Gonna Come
A snapshot of some of the recent developments in divorce and marital laws. “No Fault Divorce” to become law in the UK In the UK, divorce ...
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Is there such a thing as a ‘quickie divorce’?
Following the recent announcement that Ant McPartlin (half of TV presenting duo Ant & Dec) and his wife of 11 years are to divorce, t...
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Short marriages and dividing assets – the impact of Sharp v S...
England and Wales has for better or for worse developed a reputation of being the “divorce capital of the world”. Not due to the number o...
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Pet custody on divorce
Internationally family courts are tackling the debate on whether pets are property or family. This is a difficult issue that pet owners h...