Whether you're 5, 15, or 50, your parents are still your parents. You fight with them, you laugh with them, you make fun of them, you experience life with them. Despite their flaws, embarrassments, and quirks, you love them. So, what happens when they turn...
When a relationship ends, healing can take time. Breakups or divorces can be some of the most stressful and emotional experiences in someone’s life. No matter the reason for the split, it can turn your whole world upside down and inside out. The painful memories...
Human beings are innately social beings. We crave social contact, understanding, and a mutual tether that can be celebrated during good times, and called upon during difficult ones. To quote Mahatma Gandhi, “where there is love, there is life.” In many parts of the world,...
Maintaining child arrangement can be a challenge at the best of times. With the government announcing a total lockdown yesterday, Monday 23rd March 2020, there is a lot of uncertainty about who gets to look after a child when parents are separated at these unprecedented...
Once you have decided to split up, as a married couple, divorce becomes the inevitable next step. However, once you get to that point, whatever the reasons behind the separation, whatever the issues, it makes sense to deal with the divorce itself as amicably as...
Why most folks in Britain split up? Divorce is never an easy process for anyone to endure, even if both parties agree, it is best for them and their family. Make no mistake - a divorce doesn't just affect the two people severing the marriage;...
More often than not, divorce can be a painful and stressful time for all involved; especially during these challenging times amid the coronavirus pandemic. It regularly involves a lot of hurt, upset, movement, a change of routine, periods of transition, as well as financial and...
Your spouse comes home one night, sit you down, looks you straight in the eye and says they are leaving. All at once, the world as you have known it is over. This happens to more people than you know because many people do not...
Knowing when a relationship is coming to an end is difficult and often heart-wrenching time. You may have been together for decades, you may have financial attachments to one another such as a house or car, this may have been your only serious relationship, or...
Arguments within any relationship are normal – and sometimes even healthy! But there are times when even the strongest of partnerships start to fall apart and a feeling of helplessness and detriment sets in. If you’re in a situation where you think this is the...
As of 2011, 42% of marriages in the UK end in divorce. That is over 100 000 divorces in a year. Most of these divorces occur in couples between 40-44 in age. The majority of these divorcees were in a heterosexual relationship (though considering most...
When it comes to taxation policies on divorce, Income Tax and Inheritance Tax and its impact play a vital role. By planning a divorce settlement, both the spouses will be able to minimise the cost of tax levied on transfers. This can offer some kind...
Latest reports show that there has been a surge in the LGBTQ couple divorces. While the marriage rates had been increasing, so has been the rise in couples splitting. Social prejudice and discrimination Relationship experts say that the reason why LGBTQ couples are deciding to...
Strategies to help you heal & recover The unthinkable has happened: one night, your husband came home and announced he is leaving. Maybe he is in love with someone else, maybe not. Either way, it is probably the most painful moment you have ever experienced,...
Ending a relationship is never easy. The time spent united, the baggage gained, and the emotional investment in one another cannot be dismissed without pain. Ripping it off like a band-aid simply is not a good metaphor for a breakup. Instead, separation takes time, and...
Divorce can be utterly bitter and leave you shattered. This state of extreme emotional stress does not allow you to make sound decisions. Understandably so, it is hard to plan life after divorce while you’re dealing with mental stress. From custody of children to financial...
You’ve survived Christmas with the in-laws, secured a midnight kiss, and happily put on 3 kg from the annual two-week long food and wine festival that many of us call “The Holiday Season.” The gifts have been given and received; the New Year has begun,...
In the first few days of this new decade, the government has placed the much-contended divorce reform question back on the agenda. June 2019 saw the introduction of The Divorce, Separation and Dissolution Bill, which found itself at a stand-still on two separate occasions. No-Fault...
Divorce is one of the life events that is a quite stressful and unpleasant experience. Emotions run high and quite often, you'll be stretching yourself and pushing the boundaries of your comfort zone. Sometimes, you'll end up making decisions with the heart rather than the...
Whether you are the deceiver or the deceived, adultery (also called infidelity) can be held as a fault by the judge appointed in a divorce proceeding. Adultery is one of the top reasons couples in England and Wales apply for divorce. Find a divorce lawyer...
