Forbes Personal Law Blog

The Family Law Reports have detailed interesting statistics that have been published which demonstrate that cohabiting couple families have increased from 2.1 million to 2.9 million last year.

Dependent children from unmarried parents have also increased from 1.3 million to 1.8 million in 2011.  Couples without children also increased in 2011 to 7.6 million. Read more

On returning to work, the media are commenting upon the fact that this is the time of year that more people start divorce proceedings than any other.

The first day back at work, 3^rd January 2012 is often referred to as D-day or Divorce Day and it is unfortunate that people feel unable to continue in their current relationships and as such consider separation. Read more

When a married couple divorce and divide their finances, the most valuable asset after the matrimonial home is usually a pension. It is important that pensions are considered so that ideally each party has an income of their own upon retirement.

The first step is to obtain a valuation of the pension rights. Once the value of the pension fund is known there are three ways of dealing with pensions upon divorce: Read more

Recent information shows that the number of divorces in England and Wales have increased by almost 5% in the last 12 months. Divorce rates were actually falling in 2008 and 2009.

Experts are speculating that the number of divorces may be directly linked to the recesssion. If you look at the numbers involved, there does seem to be a trend in that, in the early 1980′s, 1990′s 2000s and now, there is an increase. The common factor of these dates? A recession. Read more