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The lawyers in the Family Department at Alsters Kelley Solicitors Ltd are showing their support for Good Divorce Week 2020 by offering free advice sessions to families from 30th November to 4th December.

There is a common perception that you can get divorced after 5 plus years of separation, without your spouse having the opportunity to see and/or comment on the divorce papers. This is just a myth; there is no such thing as an automatic divorce.

Divorce can be a stressful process, and feelings of uncertainty are mainly caused when it comes to sorting out financial matters.

Following on from our breakdown of divorce myths here we demystify five finances in divorce myths: –

We do not encounter the law very often in our day to day lives but when we do we always find someone who has and willing to provide us with their opinion as to what my happen to us.

Here we demystify five common myths people have in respect of divorce:

If your marriage has broken down, it is difficult to know what to do next and where to start.  Navigating your emotions will be hard enough, but sooner or later you will need to sort out the practicalities of legally and financially separating yourself from your spouse.  There are no two ways about it; there is a lot to get your head around.

When the exception of 2017, figures from the National Office of Statistics show divorce rates continue to rise with 42% of marriages ending in divorce. Divorce continues to be one of the most stressful periods in a person’s life.

…a case which is currently being heard within the Court of Appeal raises this very question.

The parties in this case are Hossam Radwan and Hayat Alireza who were married for 14 years and have three children.

Former England footballer and TV presenter Gary Lineker has recently been in the news following the confirmation of  his ‘quickie divorce’ from second wife Danielle Bux and some of his subsequent comments about the role of Family lawyers.

Yesterday (Wed 14th Oct) the Supreme Court granted two ex-wives, Alison Sharland & Varsha Gohil, the right to challenge their divorce settlements after finding that their husbands had misled the courts in relation to their assets, in the original hearings.