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Equal parental rights – where are we now?

1 February 2012 | Amanda Melton

I have recently written an article on parental rights, which was published on the Family Law website. Please click here to read it. The article looks at both the Government’s recent announcement that...

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Divorce amongst the over 60s is on the rise

12 December 2011 | Amanda Melton

There has been a lot of newspaper coverage recently on the issue of divorce - or “silver separations” as they've been dubbed - amongst couples in their 60s. Whilst the number of divorces in the UK...

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Court rules that lottery winner must share windfall with ex-husband

17 October 2011 | Amanda Melton

Nicholas Mostyn has handed down judgment in what is believed to be the first divorce case involving the distribution of a National Lottery windfall.  The couple had been married for over 25 years...

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New rules boost international recovery of family maintenance claims

23 June 2011 | Amanda Melton | 1 comment

The European Commission has confirmed that the new EU-wide rules on maintenance became effective on 18 June 2011. The new rules set up an EU-wide system for facilitating the recovery of maintenance...

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Divorcing couples must consider mediation

28 February 2011 | Amanda Melton

The Government has announced that all couples involved in contentious divorces will have to participate in mediation before going to court. This new requirement, which has been added to the Family Procedure...

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Separating parents may have to pay child welfare fees

14 January 2011 | Amanda Melton | 1 comment

The Government has launched a consultation on reforming child maintenance. Under the proposals, separating parents will have to take more responsibility for the welfare of their children and pay for...

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The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Family Law and the Court of Protection

3 November 2010 | Amanda Melton | 2 comments

This group met last night at Westminster to discuss "What is marriage? What should it be?" .  It's chaired by the controversial MP John Hemming, and last night had two top quality speakers - the newly...

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Prenuptial Agreements – now binding

20 October 2010 | Amanda Melton

The Supreme Court has today ruled on the Appeal by Mr Granatino against the Court of Appeal’s decision to substantially bind him to a Prenuptial Agreement prepared prior to his marriage to Katrin Radmacher. The...

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Radmacher v Granatino – a damp squib?

20 October 2010 | Amanda Melton

Well, today's the day - the Supreme Court gave us their long-awaited, some would say much overdue, views on Mr & Mrs Granatino's pre-nuptial agreement and its effect on the financial orders to be made...

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Mutual Wills – A voice from beyond the grave

23 August 2010 | Amanda Melton

For those of you who thought only Boris Karloff had that kind of reach, check out mutual wills.  This is a device of long lineage, first noted judicially in 1769 (the same year the last wild wolf...

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