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The term “blended family” has become a preferred term used to describe a family unit in which one or both parents have children from a previous relationship and have combined to form a new family. I have recently acted for a client in...
On the 4th of August 2022, the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament published their Report on the Rights of Cohabiting Partners. The inquiry was launched in April 2021 and invited views and evidence from a wide range of people and...
Have you found yourself back in court proceedings after already having been at court in the recent months or even the last year? Is your ex-partner threatening to take you back to court despite a Final Order being made? Are you worried about how you...
The new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act (DDSA), introduced on 6 April 2022, represents the biggest reform of divorce law in half a century and aims to lessen the impact that conflict and allegations have on families, with particular consideration to...
It has recently hit the headlines that Khloe Kardashian and her ex-partner Tristan Thompson, have welcomed their second child; a baby boy who was born via a surrogate. Although Khloe and Tristan are based in the USA, it is interesting to consider some common...
In the year ending March 2020, the Office for National Statistics (ONS), announced an estimated 2.3 million adults aged 16 to 74 years experienced domestic abuse in the past year (1.6 million women and 757,000 men). From 21 July 2022, domestic abusers will...
The risks faced by cohabiting couple families at the end of their relationship or on the death of one of the parties, has again been called for reform by The House of Commons. MP’s are once again calling for a legal scheme which gives...
Benjamin Franklin once said “in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes” and whilst this is true, it would also be fair to say that nobody likes to pay the tax man. Within the realms of family law issues, divorce and...
The landmark decision of Roe v Wade in 1973 provided women the rights of abortion in the first three months of their pregnancy, and the right to obtain an abortion despite any legal bans if it is necessary to save her life. However, the Supreme Court has...
The title of this blog is a question that we have to answer frequently but to which the answer is not always straightforward. The term “rights” is in itself ambiguous, as it might refer to a right of occupation in relation to a property or...
