What is the current law? At the moment, in England & Wales, cohabiting couples (those who are not married or in a civil partnership) have no automatic legal or financial rights to one another, regardless of…
Attending a court hearing can be daunting especially when coupled with standing before a Judge (who may be determining important life decisions for your family) and seeing your ex-partner / spouse. In this article we have set…
Step-parents are a term often loosely used for the partner of a biological or adoptive parent. However, the legal definition of a step-parent is very specific – that is “an individual who is married to, or…
A recent study by Standard Life found that over 25% of people with a private pension do not know how pensions are dealt with upon divorce.Furthermore, one in five divorcees expressed a wish that they had…
There can be various reasons for changing a child’s surname after separation. The reason we most commonly see is parents wanting to double-barrel their child’s name after separation, so that there is an affiliation to both…