Here at Family Law Partners, our specialist divorce solicitors try to facilitate settlement out of court wherever possible. However, without disclosure by both parties, this simply isn’t possible. Similarly, without disclosure, a Judge is unlikely to order a financial settlement, as they would not know whether the settlement properly reflects the assets held between the
The Supreme Court has granted a former husband’s appeal in the case of Mills v Mills. This case focussed on cross applications to vary a spousal maintenance order made in 2002 when Mr and Mrs Mills divorced. Mr and Mrs had been married for around 15 years and following their divorce they were able to
How does length of marriage affect your financial divorce settlement? When it comes to dividing money and property after a divorce a number of different things are taken into account. This criteria is set out in Section 25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and includes what financial resources are available to each party; their
Eleanor Ward, Solicitor at Legal Matters, joins us as a guest blogger to explain ‘Separation and Lasting Powers of Attorney’ – what a Lasting Power of Attorney means, and the impact if you divorce or separate. Writing a Will is rarely at the top of anyone’s to do list. To be honest, it often isn’t
It goes without saying that most businesses have insurance and contingencies plans in place should the worst happen, but our team of divorce solicitors believe business owners could 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
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
As well as dealing with the different emotions people experience when going through divorce, there are extremely important practical decisions to be made. One of the very first questions many people ask when they come to their family lawyer is who will pay the mortgage during the divorce process. Who is responsible for a mortgage
Following on from my two popular blogs on spousal maintenance, I thought it would be helpful to provide an update as to where we are now given some time has passed since they were written. Well, not an awful lot has changed following the guidance produced by the Law Commission’s recommendations made within the Matrimonial
In this Vlog Gemma Garrett, Solicitor at Family Law Partners, explains how to resolve financial issues during a divorce.
There is an absolute requirement if finances are to be dealt with as part of a divorce that each person must provide full and frank financial disclosure. This means that information about all assets in your sole name or jointly with anyone else must be shown. This requirement of full and frank disclosure is required