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Splitting up

Married couples

Counselling
Deciding to end the relationship
Separation

Coping on your own
Helping your family
Immediate problems

The single family

Living together
Same sex relationships

What is civil partnership?

Registration and legal consequences

Wills
Pensions
Survivors
Tax (including inheritance and capital gains tax)

Relationship breakdown

Dissolution procedure
Financial Settlement - orders

Approaches

Traditional solicitor to solicitor negotiation
Court proceedings
Mediation
Collaborative law

Children

Helping the children

Telling children
Through the eyes of your child
How divorce affects children

Pre school children
6 to 9 years old
9 to 11 years old
Adolescents

How parents can help
Some dos and don'ts

The law and your children

General principles

The welfare principle
The welfare checklist
The no delay principle
The presumption of no order

Orders
Parental responsibility

Who has parental responsibility and who can get it
Why is it important?

Legal procedure

FAQs

Can I take my child out of the country?
Can I change my child’s name?

Divorce: what's involved

Alternatives to divorce

Separation
Separation agreements
Judicial separation
Other financial proceedings

Divorce – the current law
FAQs

Does it matter who divorces whom?
How long does it take?
How much will it cost?
Which court does the divorce have to take place in

Legal jargon explained
International families

Married outside England
Does it matter where I get divorced?
Can I divorce in England?

Habitual Residence
Domicile
Brussels II
Jurisdiction

Can I divorce abroad?

Competing proceedings in different jurisdictions
Application for a Stay

Children with an international element

If I want to move abroad with my child what do I h
What if I want to take the child for a holiday abr
What if my former partner wants to take the child
How do I know if I have “custody rights”?
What is child abduction?
What should I do if I suspect my child may be take
What should I do if my child has been abducted?
Will proceedings to return my child take a long ti
Is the Court likely to return my child?
What do I do if my child has been abducted to a co
Hague Convention

Finances

How the law works

Orders a court can make
What the court considers
Financial disclosure

Court procedure

Starting court proceedings
The first appointment
The FDR hearing
The final hearing
Forms you may need

FAQs

Are prenuptial agreements binding?
Can I keep my inheritances?
The Child Support Act – how does it effect me?
Do we have to go to court?
How much will it cost?
Is it always 50:50?
Maintenance – how much is fair?
The clean break
What about my new partner’s money?
What are my housing needs?
Pensions

Financial toolbox

Checklists and disclosure
Child Support Agency
Debt and expenditure
General financial
Housing and mortgages
Incomes
Life assurance
Motoring
Pensions
State benefits

Business owners

Valuing businesses
Presenting your case
The court's approach

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