No-fault divorce will become law as the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 received royal assent on 25 June 2020. In what is seen as the biggest shake-up of divorce law in 50 years, people will be able to apply to divorce or dissolve a civil partnership without having to blame each other. It is expected that this will come into force by … [Read more...]
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Congratulations to Dr Sam Wood PhD
Family Matters is fortunate to be able to be working with Sam Wood who has recently been awarded his Phd in Sports Psychology . Same presents the Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) for Family Matters and brings unique knowledge and understanding of psychology to his presentations. Sam has been delivering online SPIP since lockdown and this meant … [Read more...]
Normal family courts unlikely until spring 2021
Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division, has published a document – The Road Ahead – which sets out a framework for family court work for the next six months. Previous optimistic views that the situation created by COVID-19 ‘would all be over by July’ have now been replaced with a more realistic view that courts may be back to normal by the end of the year, or even spring … [Read more...]
Online mediation – don’t judge a book by its cover
How have you found doing financial mediations online? As well as face to face mediations, I’ve been doing online financial mediations for a number of years where clients live a long distance from each other or with clients who cannot meet face to face for health or medical reasons. So, for me, going into lockdown has only meant a small shift to doing a little more online than usual. That … [Read more...]
A co-parent under lockdown
Like most of the world, I have been living under the COVID lockdown for the last few months. However, I am one of the lucky ‘golden ticket’ winners who, due to their underlying health condition, has to follow stricter lockdown rules (I received a letter from the NHS saying I was allowed to open a window, woohoo!). I rebelliously flout this to leave the house to empty the bins, which is … [Read more...]
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