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Navigating a divorce can be emotionally challenging and completing the divorce application is often one of the first steps in this process. Ensuring the Court receives accurate and up-to-date information is crucial, especially during such a sensitive time.

Fullers’ mediators Jane-Louise Burrows and Kate Newton are asking separated parents to plan ahead for the school Easter break, setting out they help they can offer through family mediation.

As Family Mediation Week 2024 (22nd – 26th January) commences, separating couples are encouraged to avoid costly and lengthy courtroom conflict by using mediation as an alternative dispute resolution method.

Mediation is a confidential environment where the mediator acts as an independent impartial aid to the conversation and helps people reach agreement on issues they cannot discuss themselves for a variety of reasons.

As Christmas lights and decorations spring up in homes and shops, worries about where children will spend the festive season are in the minds of many separated parents. The time to open a discussion about those arrangements and reach a resolution is now.

The pressures of the six-week school vacation often mean a rise in the number of couples calling time on their relationship.

Divorce costs are an understandable concern for separating couples. Often parties are having to find the money for new living expenses on top of existing financial commitments. That’s why Fullers Family Law offer a fixed fee divorce package and our Together We Part divorce service.

Divorce proceedings are stressful, so it is important to understand the court process and who pays the divorce expenses.

Separations can last for years before one spouse decides that the time is right in their life to get divorced. In England and Wales, there is a misconception that after 15 years of separation, divorce is automatic.