Thank you for watching the video. I am wanting to explain to you why we do what we do, and how the website hopefully can help you. The situation is that people only come to my website when they have difficulties in their relationship: whether it’s because they’re married or cohabiting. And all of a […]
I want to make sure that you understand what is involved, and hopefully this will help. In every expert divorce lawyer’s office will be a number of books, and I am going to tell you what these books are – and there will be other videos which explain more in detail about each book – […]
When a financial order is made, the judge specifies how and when divorce costs or payments should be made from one party to the other. Often, periodic payments are ordered, to give the recipient a regular income; this can be particularly important if the recipient hasn’t been in work for a number of years and may need […]
If you file the application for a divorce, you are called the petitioner and your ex-partner is the respondent. When the divorce is granted, the phrase you might hear is that ‘costs follow the event‘. That means that the divorce is granted to the petitioner, and following that, so is the order for costs. Unlike costs […]
Divorce costs UK who pays? The starting point and general principle for the court in regard to financial proceedings and divorce costs is The Family Court Proceedings Rules (2010); Rule 28.3.5.: ‘The court will not make an order requiring one party to pay the costs of another party’ The assumption is, then, that you will […]
During the course of your divorce process and financial resolution process, you’re bound to hear legal jargon. It can be confusing, and you should always ask if you are not sure what something means, as it’s not always obvious. Take, for example, what happens once you and your spouse have both set out what you need or […]
There is only one ground for divorce: the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. However, in your divorce petition you will be required to show at least one of the following five facts in order to prove this breakdown. As with lots of things grounds for divorce are not quite as straight forward as they first seem. […]
Your wedding day is full of hopes for happiness and no-one wants to think that things will go wrong. But when you’re facing the fact that your marriage is over, you may be completely in the dark about what divorce is all about… or how to divorce, you may need to make sure that what you’ve […]
The last six months have seen the implementation of some of the biggest changes in the organisation of family law courts in recent decades. This series of wide ranging reforms have been introduced in an attempt to provide judicial continuity, and to simplify and speed up the process by attempting to settling disputes before court proceedings, so […]
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