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How to Protect Yourself Before, During, and After Separation
Separation is one of the most stressful and life-altering experiences a person can go through. Beyond the emotional toll, there are serious legal and financial implications that can have long-lasting effects if not handled properly.
By Mike Smith5 months ago in Families
Should you Invite Your Estranged Adult Child to a Significant Life Event?
This party is a big deal. You are retiring and all your friends, family and colleagues will attend. But you are estranged from your adult child. Maybe this would be a good opportunity to reconnect…Or would it?
By Marie Dubuque5 months ago in Families
A Couple Who Didn’t Know Where to Start With Divorce
The morning we finally admitted it was over, I was standing in the kitchen making toast. Not even proper breakfast, just toast, because neither of us had been to the supermarket in two weeks. Mark was sitting at the table with his phone face-down in front of him, which he'd started doing a lot, and I remember thinking: we can't even fight about this. We're too tired to fight.
By Family Law Service5 months ago in Families
They Trusted Each Other but Still Chose a Consent Order
People kept telling us we were doing it the right way. "Amicable," they'd say, nodding like it was some rare achievement. And I suppose it was. After eighteen years together, fourteen of them married, David and I had somehow managed to come apart without the kind of warfare that other people described. No screaming rows in the kitchen. No solicitor's letters that made my stomach drop when I found them on the mat. We'd sat at the dining room table, the same table where we'd eaten a thousand dinners with the kids, and we'd talked. Calmly. Honestly. With a pot of tea between us.
By Jess Knauf5 months ago in Families
Bang for Your Buck
Grab your wallet, take out your cash, and flush it down the commode. Do this every day for the next four years, maybe longer. Take your savings out of the bank and flush those funds down the commode as well. You laugh, but many of you are already doing that every day.
By Alexandra Grant5 months ago in Families
CHRISTMAS DINNER, ONE CHICKEN AND NEIL
When I was about four, Christmas felt magical and exciting. It would be our first Christmas in England. We had travelled down from Scotland in the family that April, with my pet mouse perched on the back window ledge. I had only started infant school in September, so there were Christmas carols being sung everyday, and we spent our time making homemade cards and decorations.
By Karol Williamina Sumner5 months ago in Families
