What is surrogacy? Surrogacy is the practice whereby a woman carries a child for someone else with the intention that the child should be handed over at birth to the intended parent/s and raised as their child. Surrogacy is legal in the UK, however it is an offence in the UK to carry out commercial
In this blog series on new relationships and divorce, we have considered the legal consequences as well as the impact on your family if you enter into a new relationship. In this third and final part of the series, Family Consultant Leia Monsoon of Family Transitions shares her experience of the emotional impact of dating
In part one of this series about new relationships and divorce, we looked at the legal implications of seeing some new during divorce proceedings. As well as the legal consequences, it is important to think about your emotional wellbeing during your divorce, and in the second part we will consider the impact on your family.
It is not unusual to think about starting a new relationship whilst you are in divorce proceedings. It is important however that you think carefully about any repercussions before rushing into something. In this series of blogs, we are going to think about the consequences on the legal proceedings, your family and finally the emotional
It goes without saying that most businesses have insurance and contingencies plans in place should the worst happen, but can business owners be doing more to protect their company in the event their marriage breaks down? A company may be your most valuable and prized asset, yet do you fully appreciate the financial risk a potential
Mediation has become an established approach of family lawyers to relationship breakdown – be it divorce, dissolution of a civil partnership, or separation between cohabiting couples. Many family lawyers also belong to Resolution, the foremost association for family lawyers and family justice professionals, which has a pronounced preference for avoiding conflict wherever possible, and provides a simple but
Family law qualifications can be difficult to understand if you are not a lawyer yourself. Choosing a family lawyer to guide you through the legal process in relation to divorce or a family law matter is a very individual and personal decision. Alongside those very personal considerations is the all-important choice of what type of
Parental alienation is where one parent poisons their child against the other parent. It is not a recognised syndrome in England and Wales, however it is accepted that where there is a hostile separation one parent can act in a way that alienates a child from the other parent. It is always best for parents
We all know the term “domestic abuse”. However, do we know what it means or who it is really happening to? Domestic abuse is, unfortunately, taking place all around us and yet very few of us will be aware of it happening to our friends or family as it usually occurs behind closed doors. For
There are many different family structures and ways of having a child together when you are in a same-sex relationship. A child can only have up to two legal parents (except in the event of IVF-based techniques designed to avoid serious mitochondrial diseases where there are three legal parents). However, just because someone is legally