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: financial proceedings, financial, maintenance, family, paradigm family law, family law, divorce
Financial Remedies Unit In those cases where financial complexity is involved, the Central Family Court has issued a Certificate that must now be completed in order for the case to be referred to the Financial Remedies Unit (FRU). The Certificate includes guidance...Read MoreTags: legal advice, financial proceedings, matrimonial, financial, enforcement, funding, maintenance, marriage, mediation, family, york, paradigm family law, fixed fee, family law, divorce
What’s the recipe for success? In his recent decision in JL v SL (no.2) [2014] EWHC 360 Fam, Mostyn J sets out the considerations that apply when dividing assets that are matrimonial or non matrimonial. Here, the wife had challenged the first instance decision...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, marriage, maintenance, inheritance, matrimonial
Death – the ultimate clean break? As matrimonial lawyers we often talk of clean break settlements. Many people use the term, but do they understand what it means in the context of the death of their spouse or civil partner? Not everyone is perhaps aware that...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, paradigm family law, york, civil partnership, marriage, maintenance, cohabitation, financial, inheritance
New Child Maintenance rules in Germany There are new rules that apply to child maintenance in Germany from January 2015. In this our latest blog looking at international aspects of family law, our Head of International Family Law, Frank Arndt outlines the main...Read MoreTags: family law, paradigm family law, family, children, international, maintenance