A third of divorcees lie about cheating, a partner’s unreasonable behaviour and length of separation to get their divorce through the courts, a study has found. Thousands of couples exaggerated faults in their marriage to get around outdated divorce laws, figures from law firm Slater and Gordon revealed. Around 14% stretched the truth about adulterous…
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Learning How To Be A Whole Parent Again
When you were married, when you decided to have children, when you raised your kids, both you and your partner built a system of parenting that no longer exists. The things you might not have learned to do, are the things you distinctly recall asking your partner to take over, and the things you haven’t…
How Yoga Help You During Your Divorce
Yoga is famous for its soothing and calming effects on the body and mind. Classes vary from gentle to challenging ones. One of the most commonly pointed out benefits of yoga is its stress relieving property. It, also, has positive effects on anxiety and depression recorded by many studies. Meditation combined with exercise is usually…
Common Law Marriage Is A Myth
Contrary to popular belief, there is no such thing as a ‘common law marriage’. In England and Wales only people who are married, whether of the same sex or not, or those in civil partnerships can rely on the laws about dividing up finances when they divorce or dissolve their marriage. The assumption by many…
Grey Divorce
Much has been written lately on the “Grey Divorce” – a term used to describe (nicely or not so nicely) parties over the age of 50 who are getting divorced. Here are some ways that skilled divorce attorneys approach the so called Grey Divorce compared to other more ‘traditional’ divorce scenarios: • Grey divorces are…
Jennifer Weiner On Divorce
“Divorce isn’t such a tragedy. A tragedy’s staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.” ― Jennifer Weiner, Fly Away Home