Another interview with Austin Chessell of Feltons Solicitors where we talk about the new Child Arrangements Programme or “CAP”. Are you going through a divorce and are struggling to come to a suitable parenting plan that will suit you and your children? If
There are so many positives to co-parenting that I remain amazed at why people resist it so much that they would rather go to court and allow for a judge, a perfect stranger to the children, to decide where they will live,
Conscious uncoupling – a la Gwyneth Paltrow – may not just be psychobabble fashionable with offbeat celebs, but actually sits well with mediation and other ways of separating without going to court. Using the term used by Gwyneth to announce her separation from
That’s what I heard my dad telling one of his friends one time, I think I might have been in my early teens and it just stuck with me. I didn’t understand it then, but I do now. When you find yourself
Collaborative law is where the couple come together with their own collaborative lawyer and discuss matters fact to face. There are no letters sent. Each client instructs their own collaborative lawyer and they, the clients and the solicitors sign an agreement not to
I was 45 when I married husband number 2 and 50 something when I left. Hardly front page news. But the fact that 66% of UK divorces in 2011 were initiated by women might be. In a recent article I read a
At the tender age of 37 years old and having just ended my second marriage, I was asked to write an article for The Divorce Magazine and to talk about the struggles I have overcome. Of course I was overjoyed. My first
“Regardless of what happened in your marriage or since the breakup, your child has a right to have a relationship with both parents if both are fit and willing, without micromanagement or interference from the other parent. Divorce brings a lot of
Even though the New Year has begun, it’s not too late to make an important resolution: a commitment to being a more cooperative co-parent. In fact, it’s never too late to decide to engage more peacefully with your ex-spouse as you parent
Do you find yourself doing any of the following? If so then you are most likely the toxic parent in the shared parenting relationship and will need to change things. Try and make your children choose between your ex and you? Withhold
If you have ever wondered what the effects are on fathers who lose contact with their children after divorce or separation then listen to this 15 min recording of Louis De Bernieres’ conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on the one-to-one show on BBC radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes –
