An Order for Sale is a Court judgment ordering the sale of a property. Increasingly, our clients are finding that their properties are difficult to sell in the current housing market. According to an article from the BBC this week,…
In this article we discuss the divorce myths which we encounter most frequently when first speaking to our family law clients in Milton Keynes. 1. A “quickie divorce” does not exist This is a term which has no meaning in…
When you marry someone, the financial rules between you change. There is a set of laws, put into place by parliament, which set out what should happen to your assets if your marriage ends. It is not the case that…
What happens if you have agreed to a spousal maintenance order, and a decade or two later, life has moved on for both of you, the children have left home, but you are still paying a joint lives order? Does…
Domestic Violence Protection Orders and Domestic Violence Protection Notices were introduced in 2014. Our work often overlaps with that of the police, particularly in the area of domestic abuse. Victims of domestic abuse may choose to pursue a non-criminal option…
The usual approach in cases involving children is that each side pays their own legal costs. In a case heard by the High Court last month*, Mr Justice Peter Jackson was asked to decide whether a 15 year old and…
How does a court deal with a situation where a child is manipulated by one parent into rejecting their other parent, otherwise known as parental alienation? A case came before the High Court in March, dealing with a 9 year old…
A significant number of our cases are heard at the Family Court in Milton Keynes. The Family Court in Milton Keynes is located on two neighbouring sites, in the magistrates court and the county court. The majority of children cases…
In the recent case of K v K*, a Husband and Wife proceeded through the usual steps of a financial application, and at final hearing an outcome was imposed on both parties by the judge. It subsequently transpired that Decree…
In June, the Family Court was asked to deal with the decision as to whether a child should continue to live with her father, or move to live with her mother instead. The court decided that the child should live…