United Kingdom: Family and Matrimonial

In domestic abuse cases, coercive control is often less visible than physical violence. It can take many forms, including psychological and emotional manipulation designed to dominate another person.

The place of behaviour or "conduct" in the separate financial proceedings associated with divorce remains, by contrast, a vexed issue.

California’s child support system is designed to produce consistent and predictable results. Most family law attorneys are familiar with the process: you input the parties’ income, plug in the parenting timeshare, run the statewide guideline calculation, and out comes a number that the law presumes to be the correct amount of support.

The place of behaviour or "conduct" in the separate financial proceedings associated with divorce remains, by contrast, a vexed issue.

The breakdown of a relationship is a profoundly destabilising life event. When a separation is amicable, the transition is challenging enough but when a relationship ends amidst toxicity or abuse...

Deciding how to divide assets during a divorce can be an emotional and stressful process for many and so when an agreement is eventually reached, it can feel like a weight has been lifted...

California’s child support system is designed to produce consistent and predictable results. Most family law attorneys are familiar with the process: you input the parties’ income, plug in the parenting timeshare, run the statewide guideline calculation, and out comes a number that the law presumes to be the correct amount of support.

Succession is often spoken of as a single moment – the passing of the baton from one generation to the next.

A missing principal will can bring an otherwise straightforward executry to a standstill. Where the deceased has left a will, the executors are required to apply for Confirmation...