Unearned and ‘diverted’ income can affect child maintenance
Emily Deans looks at what sources of income the Child Maintenance Service include as part of their overall assessment. Many separated parents will be familiar with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), the UK body responsible for calculating the amount of financial support due by one parent (‘paying parent’) to the parent with whom the children […]
What is involved in the adoption process?
What is Adoption? Adoption is the formal process through which an adult becomes legally recognised as a child’s parent. When an adoption order is made, a child’s adoptive parents will be granted full parental rights and responsibilities, and the child’s birth parents will have their parental rights and responsibilities removed. Who can adopt a child? […]
Purchasing a house with your partner? Consider a Cohabitation Agreement
We know it isn’t the most romantic of conversations but a cohabitation agreement can help protect your finances.
No more blame – England and Wales bring in no-fault divorce laws
Wednesday 6th April 2022 saw the implementation of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (2020), ushering in what the UK Government has called “the biggest shakeup in divorce law for more than half a century”. For those of us North of the border it is important to remember that the law relating to divorce and […]
Implications of the online world on separation and divorce
When couples separate, attention naturally turns to dividing any assets and finances that may have become intertwined during the course of the relationship, and to making provisions for any children. An important consideration that may easily be missed when dealing with a separation, however, is the need for parties to separate their online lives and […]
Buyers appear to benefit from political climate as property demand increases
Zoopla’s latest UK Cities House Price Index shows that buyer demand has risen across the UK’s 20 biggest cities, causing some to claim that we are in the midst of a “Boris Bounce”. In examining the four-week period from 23 December 2019 to 19 January 2020, the data found that the level of housing demand […]