Brexit is going to be felt across all areas of our day to day lives and that includes family law. We are no longer a nation of people who are born, marry and die within their own village, town or even country. We are international travellers and workers now. Our families often reflect this so it is …
maintenance
Improvement to enforcement of financial orders
The Government has agreed to improve the enforcement of financial orders, in response to a Law Commission report. Courts can make these orders, which mean that one spouse or civil partner must pay money or transfer property to the other after a relationship breaks down. But in 2016 a report …
Maintenance and paying it after the divorce
We had an interesting case from the Supreme Court today about a fairly narrow issue in relation to spousal maintenance - in this case, paid by a husband to a wife. The case involves Mr and Mrs Mills. The judgement is all over the legal press today. What's the case about? Well, a husband and wife …