Relate are the UK’s leading relationship charity, with over 75 years of relationship support experience. Relate aim to develop and support healthy relationships by: Helping couples, families and individuals to make relationships work better Delivering inclusive, high-quality services that are relevant at every stage of life Helping both the public and policy-makers to improve their…
A £500million divorce battle between a former Miss Malaysia and her millionaire husband has been branded ‘out of control’ by a judge. The husband, Khoo Kay Peng, a Malaysian retail and hotel tycoon who is a major stakeholder in Laura Ashley, has already spent £567,000 on legal costs in Britain. He hopes to fend off…
The plans to make prenups legally binding in England and Wales could have benefits for British expats. Prenuptial agreements are legally binding in other European countries as well as the United States. The government is currently considering the recommendations made by the Law Commission last month, which suggested that prenuptial agreements should become legally binding…
The new Children and Families Bill was given Royal Assent on the 13th March 2014. By Chereece Mark. The new Bill aims to: Protect vulnerable children Provide better support for children whose parents are separating, Put in place a new system to help children with special educational needs and disabilities, Provide help for parents to…
The government has announced that more children are living with both birth parents. The new figures show that 69 percent of children lived with both their mother and father in 2012. This is a 2 percent rise from the year before. The figures feature in the Social Justice Outcomes Framework: Family Stability Indicator, a report…
A man has divorced his billionaire wife because he says that he was “uncomfortable” being rich. Tom Hawken, a former maths teacher met wife Xiu Li on a blind date. The couple married and lived in a modest semi-detached in South Norwood near Croyden. However, in 2011 a business venture in China that Mrs Hawken…
A lesbian couple who were married in Canada 11 years ago have finally been able to recognise their marriage in the UK. Celia Kitzinger, 57, and Sue Wilkinson, 60, both university academics, celebrated the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act coming into force at 12.01am, on Thursday 13th March 2014, which meant that the law in England and…
Women’s Aid is the national domestic violence charity that helps up to 250,000 women and children every year. Women’s Aid recognises that all women and children have a right to live their lives free from all forms of violence and abuse, and that society has a duty to recognise and defend this right. About Women’s…
The welfare minister Lord Freud has stated that family breakdown in Britain could cost the taxpayer £46bn. In an article for The Telegraph the welfare minister stated that the government had a ‘clear duty’ to strengthen families. He also emphasised the importance of marriage, stating that matrimony should be ‘put back in its rightful place’…
Parents are choosing to go to court to settle private child matters rather than using mediation, a new report suggests. The new figures have been released after lawyersupportedmediation.com made a Freedom of Information request. The data gave an insight into the utilisation of court services since the legal aid cuts in family law were introduced…