The prickly issue of how living with a new partner can affect divorce settlements can vary from case to case and have long-term repercussions on a former spouse. In divorce proceedings, all ex-spouses are required to be open and transparent about financial
On divorcing the process of financial disclosure – a full statement of your current earnings and assets – aims to protect you both. It also seeks to ensure that you each receive a fair settlement which may well include a division of
The third national lockdown – forced by a surge in the new variant of Covid-19 – will no doubt further increase logistical and practical challenges for parents who are divorced or separated. Estranged parents are understandably concerned about arrangements for seeing their
Following an unprecedented year, many estranged parents understandably have additional concerns and questions about the arrangements for their children during the festive period due to the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions. In what can in normal circumstances be a difficult and emotional time of
Good Divorce Week spans November 30 – December 4 and champions reducing conflict in relationship breakdowns and the damage – sometimes long lasting – it can cause to children. As a niche family law firm we promote alternative ways to achieve a
My concerns about heartbreaking cases – when life-changing decisions affecting vulnerable and often bewildered clients are made at remote hearings – have been re-enforced in a recent study. The Coronavirus Pandemic has understandably called for remote video and telephone hearings where vulnerable
This is undoubtedly a formative period in the development of children and young people returning to the classroom for the first time in over five months. However the school environment and routine that was reassuring and familiar to them earlier this year
I am hopeful that the introduction of no fault divorce to end the bitter ‘blame game’ will help the well being of children who are caught up in their parents’ separation. Our firm – which has campaigned vociferously for no fault divorce
Partners who have lived together for at least two years will be eligible to claim bereavement damages following a recent government announcement. This welcome step forward follows a Court of Appeal decision in 2017 that the current law – which does not
Since the government advised dating couples to go into lockdown together to reduce the risk of passing on the virus, the Institute for Employment Studies estimates employment has plummeted to two million during the first month of the crisis. The loss of
The coronavirus pandemic looks set to have a major impact on family finances in the long and short term with predictions that up to one million people could lose their jobs. Mounting concerns of divorced and estranged parents include sustaining child maintenance
With schools now closed across the whole of the UK, Jones Myers niche family law firm is calling on divorced and separated parents to work together for the best interests of their children in these extraordinary times. We understand and empathise with
