In this post, we consider how to vary a maintenance order, and what you need to show in order for an application to be favourably considered by the court. We will also highlight recent cases where it seems that joint lives orders may be the exception rather than the...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, family, maintenance, financial, financial proceedings
Sever Us No, not a Professor from Harry Potter, but a way of altering the type of joint ownership of a property. It is often asked of us at Paradigm Family Law – “I’ve been served with a notice saying the joint tenancy has been severed, what does it mean?”. It...Read MoreTags: divorce, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, trust, joint tenancy, severance, tenants in common
“…And the Dish ran away with the Spoon” In a recently reported case, (now fully reported here) the wife in financial remedy proceedings may now lose thousands of pounds after what was described as a ‘wooden spoon incident’ involving the...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, financial, financial proceedings, conduct
Annulment or Divorce? If you have reached the end, and don’t know which way to turn, you might be contemplating a divorce. But wait, is it a divorce you are looking for or can you obtain an annulment? Or should you go for an annulment instead of a divorce? There...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, marriage, wedding, financial proceedings, courtroom, annulment
Disruptive Summer – Scary or Inviting? We all know Richard Branson’s famous quote: “Screw it, let’s just do it” or “If your dreams don’t scare you, they are not big enough.” As a divorce lawyer, I prefer to look forward rather than back, but sometimes looking back...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, separated
