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Zoe Beels
26 October 2012
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher – is a ‘private’ divorce possible?
Various press reports this week, both in England and in the US, suggest that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have been unable to finalise their divorce due to their inability to reach a financial settlement and the prospect of an “ugly” court battle has been raised. This blog explores the alternative routes to highly public divorces in the UK.
19 October 2012
A divorce worthy of Downton
The recent High Court case of Y v Y has all the hallmarks of a certain popular period drama: inherited wealth built up over generations, landed gentry forced to downsize and the pitfalls of managing a large country estate.
15 October 2012
Are both dual role super mothers and committed fathers short changed by our current social policies and divorce laws?
Over the last 20 years, we have seen a greater tendency for women to enter into the higher occupational sphere and according to recent reports, many of these women feel that our current divorce laws, whilst evolving, do not reflect the fact that they are both homemaker and breadwinner while their spouses do not have to worry about household management as well as their careers.
9 October 2012
The Grandparent Boom
Did National Grandparents’ Day pass you by last Sunday? Perhaps the greetings card companies haven’t yet cottoned on. Or perhaps they did and realised it wasn’t such a money spinner; perhaps it is a sign of something more, a sign that grandparents are simply not as publicly appreciated as mothers/fathers. If we believe the stereotype, then grandparents provide their families with a good dose of sound advice, regular presents, baked goods and a steady supply of Werther’s Originals. However, as more parents go out to work, grandparents are increasingly being relied upon for something more - free childcare.
5 October 2012
Child Maintenance: Out with the old, in with the...?
The Government plans to introduce a new system for dealing with child maintenance in England and Wales, by gradually winding down the much criticised Child Support Agency and replacing it, from December, with the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Under the new regime, parents will be encouraged to agree proposals for maintenance themselves, and guidance will be provided by the CMS in how to achieve this. The proposals can perhaps be viewed with scepticism as, arguably, parents who are able to agree levels of child maintenance will not necessarily need to use the CMS.
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