Many women change their last name upon marriage or entering a civil partnership. However, if the terrain of marriage goes rough and divorce is on the way, retaining the changed name is no longer worth it. After all, your name is an important part of who you are. Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Many …
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Holidays can be especially tricky to navigate for newly divorced couples. It takes time to settle into the new normal—for you, your ex, and your children. The holidays can be an excellent time for setting new traditions that work for the shift in your family situation. Parents must still parent The important thing to remember …
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Good Divorce Week, which finishes today, is an annual awareness campaign run by Resolution – an organisation that represents over 6,500 family professionals who help people find a better way to divorce. Divorces are on the increase again with the most recent statistics showing 113,000 divorces in 2021 – up nearly 10 per cent on …
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Lisa Pepper: For couples who have already separated, I am 100 per cent advising them – if they can – to hit pause on transferring assets for the next few months Divorcing couples prepared to delay transferring assets between them until next April could make significant tax savings, according to a legal expert. They will …
It’s rare for divorce to get more vicious, or indeed deadly, than in the 1980s Hollywood film, War of the Roses — where Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner play a wealthy husband and wife living in Washington, DC in America. After 17 years of marriage, the couple can’t stand the sight of each other and …
Newly published statistics for April 2021 to April 2022, show more than 12,000 new divorce applications were filed as ‘no-fault’ divorce came into effect. The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 means divorcing couples are no longer required to assign blame for the breakdown of their marriage. There were 12,978 new divorce applications in April …
Divorces and separations can be emotional processes to go through, paying the cost of a family lawyer means you can take emotion away and allow a professional to do their job. Picture from Shutterstock. Seeking a separation or divorce can be a painful process and one that has plenty of costs associated with it. Whether …
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The metaverse has been described as the future of the internet. Although its development remains at an early stage, established and emerging companies are spending millions developing metaverse technologies. While a virtual-reality parallel universe is likely several years away, as we have seen with the conventional internet, entirely new areas of law have developed to …
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Home > Articles Syvil Lloyd Morris, Solicitor Advocate and co-founder of Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP, explores the concept of parental responsibility and LAA funding issues in the context of a changing society. Syvil Lloyd Morris, Solicitor Advocate and co-founder of Bastian Lloyd Morris LLP The family is an important institution in all societies. In …
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