Finance related figures from the Office for National Statistics show that 48% of people surveyed aged 16 to 24 from July 2016 to December 2017 said that they would not be able to make ends meet for longer than one month if they lost the main source of income coming into their household. This was …
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Online divorce…. no, not a ‘quickie’ divorce….
The court service (HMCTS for short) has been putting together and trialling 'online' divorce and this is now available to some to use to go through divorce proceedings as opposed to using the paper version. There are limitations. You can only use it to dissolve a marriage, not a civil partnership …
Obeying court orders about children
There was a recent decision by the Court of Appeal that really brings home the consequences of failing to obey court orders. The court has various powers to punish for contempt of court. Contempt of court (in cases about children) is usually where the court finds that you knew that you were ordered …