Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Strengthening shared parenting after divorce and speeding up care and adoption cases are among ‘ambitious and system-wide’ reforms outlined by the government recently to improve the family justice system. Responding to the Norgrove Family Justice Review, justice secretary Kenneth Clarke said the government would implement many of its recommendations, including introducing a six-month time limit to resolve care and adoption cases and creating a single family court across England and Wales, with a single point of contact. But, contrary to….
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
At Carr & Co we encourage couples who are considering separating to try and resolve the financial aspects of the Divorce with open and frank negotiations either between themselves, at mediation, with the assistance of Collaborative Law or through the more traditional route of corresponding through each parties respective solicitors. Whilst you will see from our Family Law pages that we can assist you with all of the above what happens when you reach an agreement yourselves, without the assistance….
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
High Court Divorce Case dismissed a Post-Nuptial Agreement as it is ‘grossly unfair’. Mr Justice Mostyn in the High Court in Kremen v Agrest (No.11) (Financial Remedy: Non-Disclosure: Post-Nuptial Agreement) [2012] EWHC 45 (Fam) has dismissed the post-nuptial agreement made by the parties and awarded the former wife a lump sum of £12.5 million, including £8.3 million constituting maintenance. Ms Kremen signed the agreement with her former husband, Boris Agrest, a Russian financier, after the couple had been married for….
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
Further to the news last week that Divorce rates are on the increase, a recent report published by the Office of National Statistics show that less than half of the population are now married and that one in six couples now cohabit. For those cohabiting or thinking of cohabiting it is important that they are aware that there is no such term as “common law marriage”. Just by living together for a long period of time does not give couples….
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Friday, December 9th, 2011
Experts are suggesting that the recession is to blame for a rise in Divorces for the first time since 2003. The Office of National Statistics has published figures yesterday which show a 5% increase on the previous year. The published statistics also show that one in three marriages now breaks down by the 15th anniversary, compared with a fifth in 1970, with more men and women in their early forties splitting up than in other age groups and half of….
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
It has been documented in a recent press article that Divorces are on the rise for the over 50’s, a trend that is only going to raise over time as generations get older and as they say; life now begins at 50. There may be many reasons why couples aged 50 or over seek a separation or divorce but one of the most common reasons are that they simply have grown apart. When couples reach retirement age and their children….
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Thursday, November 10th, 2011
Towards the end of September it was announced by the coalition government that they would not be proceeding with proposed reforms of cohabitation law. The Law Commission had in its 2007 report “Cohabitation: The Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown” recommended that financial remedies should be available to cohabitants on separation and provided certain eligibility criteria were met. At the moment couples who are separating after a period of cohabitation and those entering into cohabitation do not have the same rights….
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Saturday, November 5th, 2011
Mediation has been around for decades and it is a good way for couples who have or are thinking of separating to attempt a resolution. Family Lawyers always should have in mind the need for parties to remain as amicable as possible and thereby approaching family disputes in a sensitive and resolutionary way. Mediation usually involves the parties attending (together or separately) an independent mediator who can be a qualified or non qualified lawyer. Parties can choose to have their….
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