Simon Hughes Minister for Justice visited The Listening to Children Matters Project funded by the Department of Work and Pensions. “ I am grateful to Family Matters and the mediator for all (your) work. I think it is a very worthwhile project…” Simon Hughes MP - Minister of State for Justice … [Read more...]
What is a memorandum of understanding?
Mediation is a cost effective and confidential way for divorcing and separating couples to settle family matters, especially when it comes to children and finances, without resorting to long and costly court battles. It helps you to agree on difficult issues, such as how you will spend time with your children, who gets the house and how your finances will be divided. Once you … [Read more...]
Holiday arrangements for children and legal aid
George telephoned Family Matters to make and pay for an appointment. He worked part time as a plumber as he had care of the children. He was coming to mediation to talk about arrangements for a holiday. His parents wanted to take him and the children abroad for a holiday. He and his ex could not agree about the dates. George wanted to apply to court for it to decide. He didn’t … [Read more...]
Arrangements about money and legal aid
Annabelle rang Family Matters to ask about coming to mediation to talk about and decide what would happen about finances. She and Paul had separated two years ago and could not afford to go to solicitors to divorce and sort the finances out . She was living in the house with the children, Paul had moved out and was living in rented accommodation. They were in a lot of debt. They owned the house … [Read more...]
Family court fees to increase in April 2025
The government intends to increase many family court fees on 1 April 2025, subject to parliamentary approval. In general, fees will rise by 3.2%, but some fees will also be reduced in order to ensure that they “remain aligned with the latest estimate of their underlying costs”. The most notable fee increases are: Applications for divorce, annulment or … [Read more...]
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck choose mediation to end their marriage
Juliette Dalrymple, director of Family Matters and mediator It is reported that the superstar couple, ‘Bennifer’, reached an agreement about their divorce in September 2024 using mediation, just a month after the divorce was filed in August 2024. A second attempt at the relationship proved unsuccessful and JLo filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences exactly two years after their … [Read more...]
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