Blog: Divorce and Separation

What Is Parental Responsibility (PR)? Parental responsibility is the right of a person to make decisions regarding a child, the Children Act defines PR as ‘all the rights, duties, powers,…

Making a financial claim following divorce There is no statute of limitations when it comes to making financial claims following divorce and only a…

Divorcing after Retirement: The financial implications More and more people are separating and divorcing later in life. In addition to the usual issues that you need to…

What is Legal Aid? Legal Aid is state funding of the costs of an individual’s legal case. Since the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act…

Simplified divorce law We wrote a blog back in March 2022 setting out the changes that were being made to the divorce process. No Fault Divorce is now underway and…

No fault divorce You may already be aware of the changes to divorce law which came in earlier this year. Parties no longer have to blame their spouse and prove…

My work means that I spend a lot of time in court where decisions are being made in the best interests of children. So I was very interested to come…

At long last, no fault divorce is set to be a reality from 6 April 2022. Specialist family lawyers and mediators have been calling for a no fault divorce for…

What is parental responsibility? Parental responsibility refers to all the legal rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority a parent has for a child and the child’s property. Who has parental responsibility? The…

Holidays are often seen as a treat, and something to look forward to, but, sometimes, one parent taking a child on holiday can cause disagreements between separated parents. Ideally, when…