We are super excited to announce that we are expanding. Not only do we have a new member to our support team but we are expanding our offering.

Say hello to Monty, our family Cockerpoo.

He came into our lives as an 8 week old pup, 10 years ago. A fluffy ball of black with little white socks on a couple of his paws. On the way home from collecting him we joked that the front half was mine and the back half belonged to my husband but really, he is my husband’s dog.

If the all the lovely sunshine this May Half Term has got you thinking ahead to the summer holidays and perhaps booking a trip for you and your children, what do you need to be thinking about if you are separated from your spouse or partner?

Life is full of people with different skill sets.  You see it in all service based industries.  What one person can do for you, another can’t, so you look to bring someone else in.

Divorce Day. Said to be the first working Monday in January each year. It’s a total myth. 

Autumn into Winter is a pretty tough run for separated parents. Navigating the start/back to school logistics and the important first day photographs, October Half Term, Halloween, Fireworks and then the Big ‘C’.

Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process aimed to give you and your former partner/spouse the space to discuss the decisions that need to be made which impact upon you and, if you have them, your children. 

These are odd creatures. Sometimes they can be the highest valued asset arising from the marriage or perhaps the next after the family home. So why are they treated separately from all other assets arising from the marriage?

Legally, Grandparents have no automatic rights in relation to their Grandchildren under Children Act 1989. They do not have parental responsibility. However, as a ‘relative’ there are circumstances in which an application can be made.