Family Law

When families don’t get on and there is in-fighting amongst the adults the children invariably suffer psychological damage.

The whole point of so called ‘clean break’ divorce agreements is that the parties are bound by the consequences, good or bad. However, in one unusual case, a family judge found that post-agreement events had so dramatically turned against an ex-wife that it was necessary to review her financial provision.

Disputes between adults as to who should care for a child are sadly often marked by intractable hostility – for family judges, however, the overriding focus is always on the child’s welfare.

Divorce is always stressful, but family lawyers are trained to stop marriages ending amidst tit-for-tat mud-slinging.

Equal division of assets is the norm in modern divorce cases – but judges do not take a formulaic approach and there are exceptions to the rule.

It is always distressing when children suffer non-accidental injuries and identifying perpetrators is one of the most difficult tasks faced by courts.

A divorce is one of the most difficult times in anyone’s life. However, with fewer families being able to gain the financial support through public funding, many people are opting to go through DIY divorces.

The Government has recently introduced a wave of Family Justice reforms in a bid to tackle the current system’s inefficiency and to ensure better outcomes for vulnerable children.

See 8 useful things to remember when trying to keep a divorce as simple as possible.

Two women who said that their ex- husbands misled the court about how much they were worth have recently won the right to have their settlements re-examined by the High court.