Divorce and Separation: A Legal Guide for all Couples - Tapa blanda

When money flies out of the window, love walks out of the door. In good times, money papers over the cracks in a relationship; in bad times, fault-lines become divorce suits' The recession is putting many partnerships under strain. A top London law firm reports a record number of people making appointments to see family lawyers. Relate has also experienced an increase in the number of people contacting them for relationship counselling, while the online advice centre InsideDivorce.com, has reported that two million married couples in the UK are experiencing marital problems and that 1.3 million people are actively considering leaving their marriage. Even in good times, almost 50% of marriages end in divorce in England and Wales. It seems, therefore, that many people need advice when faced with relationship breakdown. This book provides a practical guide to the process couples must undergo in order to legally end their marriage, and - while it is not a counselling manual - aims to help them realise that they are not the only people to have found themselves facing the complexities of ending a relationship. Topics covered include: Is this really happening to me? - what has gone wrong? Children; Finances; The divorce process; Separation; Annulment; Ending civil partnerships; Life after divorce

Dr. Mary Welstead is Visiting Professor in Family Law at the University of Buckingham and Visiting Fellow at the Child Advocacy Program, Harvard Law School. She studied law at Cambridge University and has taught family law in a number of English universities over the past 24 years, as well as writing extensively on the topic for many different audiences. She is the joint author of a very readable textbook, Family Law (second edition, Oxford University Press, 2008); the third edition will be published in March 2011. Between 2003 and 2008, she helped to set up a new university in Sarajevo. Mary has three children and numerous grandchildren, and lives with her husband in Massachusetts and Oxfordshire. They have all helped to centre her attention on the importance and complications of family life.