Aviva’s Winter 2013 report explores the growing diversity among UK families fuelled by trends in cohabitation, separation/divorce and remarriage. Past relationships are teaching families valuable lessons about managing money yet Aviva’s latest Family Finances Report also paints a worrying picture of unprotected
Interview by Alternative Divorce Guide Suzy Miller with Mediator and Collaborative Lawyer Kim Beatson of Anthony Gold Solicitors What is the best way to go through divorce? As the Alternative Divorce Guide I often get asked if my role is to guide people
With over 40% of current marriages expected to end in divorce, most of us have or will experience the negative emotional and financial effects of divorce. Family law solicitor and divorce expert, Sheata Karim, offers some insider tips on how to reduce
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
Going through a separation and having a divorce feels very much like giving birth. You go through various phases of different sorts of labour pains, to finally giving birth to a baby called Divorce. Congratulations on your new arrival, your new life.
Austin Chessell is a qualified Collaborative Solicitor, Child and Family Mediator and regular contributor to The Divorce Magazine. When it comes to divorce and family separation does the family court have to get involved? Is it part of the family court decisions
I recently read the above title somewhere cannot recall where. It was a piece on divorce and children and the effects of divorce on children. I have to say that the title did upset me somewhat because I’m so tired of hearing
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
Arguing or disagreeing with your partner is not unusual, it’s a normal part of life. It happens and will continue to happen as long as you’re together. Yes, I know there are some of you out there who say you “never” have
Transitions between parents can be challenging, especially for younger children. They start to feel settled and then it is time to move back again to the other parent’s place. One’s attitude sets the tone for these exchanges. If you cannot manage to
In this article I will talk about mediation with highly emotional clients, how to deal with emotional clients and some reasons why clients may be emotional. It has been a real learning experience working with couples over the past four years as
Each person who has decided to separate or divorce in the Collaborative Law process has their own solicitor where meetings take place in the same room with the aim of resolving everything face to face. I find this works better than correspondence
