Brittan and I are one of the many ­couples whose marriage didn’t make it beyond their 40s; a decade where relationships seem to hit a romantic ­cul-de-sac and end up in divorce. In the UK in 2019, 45 to 49 was the most popular age to divorce, with the average age being 46.4 for men and 43.9 for women, so clearly there’s a sea change of some sort happening in this fifth decade. Recently, former S Club 7 singer Rachel Stevens, 44, announced she was splitting from her husband of 12 years, Alex Bourne, following in the celebrity footsteps of Gwyneth […]

Divorce can be an expensive and stressful business. Faith Glasgow looks at 10 ways to prepare for divorce and protect your wealth. Divorce remains a sad fact of modern life. Around a third of UK marriages over the 50 years to 2019 have ended in divorce, according to ONS data analysed by NimbleFins (although there was a decrease of 4.5% in 2020, probably reflecting court disruption during the pandemic). Over the decades, however, there have been significant changes in the length of marriages that end that way. While divorce rates are largely unchanged among marriages of less than 10 years, […]