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Chasing child maintenance when your ex lives abroad
If you are separate from, or divorce, your partner, you may receive spousal maintenance from them: ‘alimony’; as it’s termed in the United States. Then again, you may not: it’s all down to personal circumstances. Whether you do or do not will depend on your individual circumstances, but if you have children, and they live with you following the separation,... more >
Divorce linked to family history
A person’s genetic background may influence the likelihood of them getting divorced, according to a joint US-Swedish study. Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States and Lund University in Sweden examined data concerning nearly 83,000 individuals. Previous studies had shown that the children of divorced parents are more likely to get divorced themselves in adulthood but researchers had... more >
Court fee refunds now available
The Ministry of Justice has launched a service allowing litigants who paid court fees between April 2014 and March 2018 to apply for refunds. A review in 2018 concluded that some litigants in the family and other civil courts had been overcharged during that period, with fees set above the actual costs incurred by the judicial system. The scheme applies... more >
Lawyers ‘can act for both parties in divorce’
There is no conflict of interest in helping both parties in a divorce reach a financial agreement, a High Court Judge has declared. In JK v VK & Another, Mr Justice Mostyn considered the case of a younger couple who sought a clean break divorce (one with no possibility of future obligations) after a marriage of just two and a... more >
Austerity causing “serious difficulty” insists former Supreme Court President
Former President of the Supreme Court President Lady Hale claimed in a recent interview that cuts in government spending have caused “serious difficulty” for many litigants. The 74 year-old Leeds native retired from her post this month, after two years and three months in the role. Speaking to the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, she insisted: “I don’t think... more >
Resolution welcomes return of ‘no fault’ divorce bill
The family law organisation Resolution has welcomed a recent announcement that legislation introducing ‘no fault’ divorce in England is to be returned to Parliament. Following years of campaigning by Resolution and other organisations, the Divorce, Dissolution ad Separation Bill was first introduced last summer, but then suspended when Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the December 12 general election. The bill... more >