A wife has won her appeal against a divorce settlement that gave her husband an equal share of the marital assets. The case involved a couple whose relationship, including cohabiting and marriage, lasted six years. They had no children. At the start of their relationship they both earned around £100,000 a year, but during the
A wife has been told that the assets of a trust she set up with her husband cannot be included in their divorce settlement. The case involved a couple who had established a charitable trust to conserve South China’s tiger population. It held land for conservation purposes. The trust was fully discretionary and held considerable
A judge was not at fault when he exercised his discretion to award a woman a £4.25m divorce settlement based on her “needs”. That was decision of the Court of Appeal in a case involving a couple who had been married for two years but had a relationship stretching over nine years. The husband was
A father has won his appeal against a court order allowing his estranged wife to take their three children to live in Germany. The couple had married in 2010 and separated in 2015. The father was British; the mother was German with extended family in Germany. They had three children aged between one and five
The family lawyers group, Resolution, is calling on the government to introduce a no-fault divorce system as soon as possible. It says the momentum gathering for change should not be delayed because ministers may be preoccupied by major issues like Brexit. The move follows the high-profile case involving Tina Owens and her husband Hugh. Mrs
If I obtain a Decree Absolute there can be no future financial claims In order to prevent future claims you need a clean break consent order Even with minimal or no assets this is advisable to prevent claims on future assets e.g. inheritance/lottery winnings I want to obtain a divorce based on irreconcilable differences This
A mother has been told by the High Court that she cannot take her two-year-old daughter to live with her in Canada. The case involved a couple who began their relationship in England in 2013. The father was British and the mother had dual British/Canadian nationality. They never married and it appeared that they had
The Court of Appeal has ruled that divorce settlements don’t have to try to enable each partner to maintain the same living standards they enjoyed during marriage. Mr Justice Moylan said he did not agree that “need should be met at a level similar or comparable to the standard of living during the marriage”. He
A husband has been ordered to pay his former wife £341 more each month because she had made bad financial decisions and lost the £232,000 lump sum she was awarded when the couple divorced in 2002. Graham and Maria Mills had married in 1988 and had one child. Mr Mills agreed to pay her £1,100
A mother has been told she can only have contact with her son six times a year instead of the 12 times that she wanted. The case centred on the care of an eight-year-old boy. His parents had separated after the mother alleged that she had suffered domestic abuse by the father and his family.