Upon separation, parents are immediately faced with how to manage living arrangements for themselves and the children. Over the last few years, families are increasingly considering an approach known as ‘nesting’ as an alternative to transitional arrangements. Unlike traditional arrangements, where the children move between two homes following their parents’ separation, nesting is a co-parenting arrangement in which the parents rotate between the family home and separate accommodation, according to an agreed schedule, and the children remain in the family home.
The financial consequences of a marriage breakdown, alone, can be very difficult for people to navigate. However, with the current cost of living crisis, rising mortgage interest rates and the impact of the COVID pandemic still being felt by many, spiralling debts and personal insolvency is undoubtedly on the rise.
For divorcing and separating parents, the future can look scary and daunting. Our clients are having to go through a huge life changing event with often very little guidance and support on how to handle the range of emotions they are feeling; bereft, angry,...
Parental alienation occurs where one parent (whether deliberately or otherwise) turns a child(ren) against the other parent. Children’s reactions and feelings to separating parents are hugely influenced by the adult behaviour to which...
