Family Law Blog

Advice For Grandparents During A Divorce

The following article looks at how parents can help their adult children through divorce and support their grandchildren through this transitional stage of the family unit. Although written with grandparents in mind, this section may be useful for anyone…

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How To Deal With Your Parents’ Divorce

For many people, their parents’ divorce marks a turning point in their lives, whether the divorce happened many years ago or is taking place right now. About half the marriages today end in divorce, so plenty of kids and…

You’ve Decided To Leave Your Spouse — Now What?

You’ve heeded and hawed. Maybe you’ve been in counselling for months; maybe you’ve just been quietly observing — unable to believe it — as your marriage disintegrated into ignored conversations and diverging lives. No matter the situation, you’ve…

How To Divide Your Possessions On Separation

It’s a bit of a cliché that couples who separate end up arguing about who gets to keep the pet(s), the favourite sofa or the music collection. But it doesn’t have to be like that. Try and agree…

How To Move On After Divorce?

The end of a relationship is always a difficult time. No matter who ended it or when, the future can look bleak and frightening. But life does continue, and many thousands of people go on to have happy…

6 Steps to a Peaceful Divorce

Peaceful divorce — sounds like a paradox? In our society, even though more than half of our marriages will end in divorce, we still hold onto the idea that divorce is brutal, contentious and toxic. But it doesn’t…

We Need To Talk: Bringing Up Divorce To Your Spouse

Ending a marriage is rarely an easy decision, and broaching the subject with your spouse can be the hardest part of the journey. The following article by Mat Camp on mensdivorce.com outlines useful ways to navigate this difficult…