The trauma of divorce, which impacts on separating couples, their children, and their wider family and friends, can be further exacerbated when a business is involved. Many business owners with failed marriages have found themselves losing an organisation they have worked long
Counselling charity Relate has carried out nationwide research that has found that 20% of UK couples are likely to separate. As part of their ‘Understanding Society‘ survey, both married and cohabiting couples were questioned and the results show that almost 3 million people
I’ve no shame in confessing, the subject of mathematics and I “retired” our friendship long ago. It was no secret during my high school and college years, that the M-word and I had a love-hate relationship. We never fought or shared harsh words
Does anyone remember the film, Annie Hall? In one scene, the screen divides into two showing Annie played by Diane Keaton and Alvie, the Woody Allen character discussing their relationship with their analysts. Alvie’s analyst asks him, “how often do you have
Financial Help – Studying When You’re A Lone Parent If you would like to go back to college to learn something new or brush up on old skills, what help is there available? The mumandworking.co.uk team have looked at some of the
The myth of justice in Family Justice. This is a pretty bold title. Am I, as a mere Family Mediation Council Accredited (FMCA) mediator really challenging the idea that the Family Justice system has anything at all to do with meting out
Legal Aid may have gone for a lot of Family and Children legal matters but there are still other avenues to consider to complement your Family Law background. In this article Austin Chessell from FAMIA will share his experience of how to
This spring is set to see the launch of the UK’s first online dispute resolution (ODR) service. The service is being launched by Relate, one of the UK’s largest support providers for those experiencing relationship issues. The system will be aimed at
So many questions have been asked about online divorce, so Carmen Hudson, Director at Divorcebox, has taken the time to give us the top 10 myths about online divorce UK Myth #1 – You need to use a Solicitor to get divorced
In this interview, Carmen Hudson of Divorcebox, explains how you can file for divorce online: Divorce online is exactly like any other divorce except that is done online. Going through divorce is a very difficult experience but in the case where both partners
Relate report calls for national helpline and single point of access for families going through divorce and separation. Couples going through the emotional rollercoaster of separation and divorce are being let down by a complex, fragmented support system that is hard to
2015 heralded lots of significant changes for divorce and family law. We started the year with the government expressing concern about the potential for geographical ‘advice deserts’ and the likely ‘effect of geographical provision …of civil and family law’(1) services following the
