A financial consent order is an incredibly important document as it brings about financial severance between spouses. Without the order, a former spouse can make future financial claims against you.
Experience over many years confirms time and time again that remote mediation is a much more satisfactory way of conducting the mediation discussions.
Consent Orders and Clean Break Orders are often used as interchangeable terms – however that is not strictly correct. A Consent Order is a voluntary agreement by 2 parties getting divorced.
You may have decided that you want to separate a long time ago but that’s not necessarily the case for your partner who may be unaware of the impending separation
Pension sharing on divorce The value of any pension assets must be taken into account in any divorce settlement (also applies to civil partnerships) If there is a disparity in how much each party ha
Mediation: is a much more cost effective way to resolve a dispute. The role of a good mediator is to get you to an agreement as quickly as possible, thereby avoiding the need for endless sessions.
No fault divorce came into effect in England and Wales in April 2022. This means that couples will be able to get divorced without one person needing to blame the other.
The European Code of Conduct for Mediators sets out principles that mediators follow in order to meet compliance and is set out as follows:
Jack and Jill were a young, inexperienced and naïve couple, yet despite the difficulties and challenges in their relationship, they were doing pretty well.
After asking the question, ‘what is mediation?’ it has become apparent that most people do not really know what mediation is.
Mediation is a form of dispute resolution (ADR) that is actively encouraged and often mandatory (by law), used as a way of settling disputes out of court.
