Changes to the divorce system in England and Wales for the first time in 50 years will remove the concept of fault and could speed up the process. The Government said the changes would spare people the need to ‘play the blame game’ and would strip out the ‘needless antagonism this creates so families can …
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‘I didn’t want to wait for someone to love me or be dependent on another human to be worthy’ (Picture: @charlotte.s_journey/mediadrumim) A divorced mum-of-two has married herself a year after splitting from her wife. Entrepreneur Charlotte Zum Vörde Sive Vörding, from Voorburg in the Netherlands, got divorced in 2020. After the two broke up, Charlotte …
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In 2020, wedding photographer Allie Siarto’s business saw a steep decline as COVID spread, weddings were downsized or canceled, and demand for her services dried up. In the midst of the downturn and pandemic, she decided to expand into an unexpected new niche: divorce photography. Siarto, based in East Lansing, Michigan, about 100 miles northwest …
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Personal Finance Why businesses should opt for mediation to solve rows Monday March 28 2022 By CATHY MPUTHIA More by this Author Summary More businesses are becoming litigious owing to better awareness of the law and their rights. Litigation is very costly and it includes the cost of legal and court filing fees. Experts have …
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SINGAPORE – Allegations of family violence raised during a couple’s divorce will be viewed seriously and taken into consideration when the courts decide on child access matters, with counselling and supervised visitation orders being made in certain cases. These are some of the existing measures which protect children in failing marriages that are likely to play …
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Savita Sharma is a Consultant, Morton Fraser. This is the biggest reform to Divorce Law in England in 50 years and heralds a new era where couples will be able to get divorced without attributing fault. Removing the fault-based element of divorce is a positive change where couples are able to apply either solely or …
Lawyers and family courts are expecting a surge in divorce applications next month when a new ‘no-fault’ law comes into effect, making it easier for couples to split. The government’s Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, which comes into force on April 6, reforms the divorce process to fundamentally change the way the legal system …
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IN March last year, the pandemic brought a halt to all but the most urgent legal proceedings in the Northern Irish courts. Courts had to close and our legal system went into a period of hibernation as Covid cases spiralled out of control. In a spirit of corporate goodwill and with government guidance advising businesses …
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People going through a divorce do stupid things. It’s not a cut down and I’m not trying to be hurtful, it’s just reality. Trust me, when I was newly separated, I did more stupid things than anyone I know. The reason? Going through a divorce is a difficult, emotional, and unbelievably scary time during which …
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Advocate Pratibha Bangera, practicing lawyer at Family Court, stresses upon the importance of property dispute settlement to speed up divorce with our Editor-in-Chief Dr Vaidehi Taman How are property disputes resolved in divorce matters? The concept of “Marital home” protects wife and children from being dishoused provided the wife and children have been continuously staying …
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