Getting a Financial OrderFor the court to approve your proposals on your finances you will be required to disclosure to each other all your up-to-date financial information. The document you will need to complete is called Form E. This is to enable you to make an...
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What is a Family Mediation Service?
Family mediators help you to turn your arguments into agreements to help you make decisions for the future, to enable you to move on with your lives. It helps you focus on the issues affecting both of you, for example, parenting, property, and money, and what to do...
Civil Mediation Complaints Process
MSUK Group complies with the requirements of Civil Mediation Council. MSUK Group will deal promptly and courteously with any complaint, formal or informal, made to the service. The cause of any problem of which a client has complained will be investigated. If...
Changes to divorce
Couples seeking a no-fault divorce will have to wait until autumn 2021 even though proposed legislation removing fault from the divorce process has reached the finishing line of its parliamentary journey.
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill concluded its passage through the House of Commons yesterday. It will return to the House of Lords to consider an amendment before receiving Royal assent. However, lord chancellor Robert Buckland told MPs that the bill’s reforms will not come into force on Royal assent ‘because time needs to be allowed for careful implementation’.
However, family lawyers are delighted to see the bill reach the end of its parliamentary journey. The Law Society said ‘no-fault’ divorce will bring divorce law into the 21st century.
Law Society president Simon Davis said: ‘We have long argued the notice period should begin when the divorce application is received by the respondent rather than when the divorce is applied for – ensuring both partners are on the same page from the start and have sufficient time to seek the legal and financial advice they need. We commend the government for moving forward with the legislation and would welcome any opportunities to address our concerns around the notice period