Marilyn Stowe Blog

Archive for the adultery tag

HuffPost Divorce: The Top 10 Stereotypical Marriage Wreckers

I was recently invited to contribute to HuffPost Divorce, where you can now find a slideshow featuring my Top 10 Stereotypical Marriage Wreckers. Some appear to have struck a nerve with readers.

Continue Reading …

What’s going on in the "divorce arena"?

Family lawyers are often reticent to discuss what is really going on in their practices – so Grant Thornton’s Matrimonial Survey provides a welcome opportunity to find out.  This annual report from family lawyers, now in its ninth year, has …

Continue Reading …

HuffPost Divorce: Top 10 Low-Down Dirtiest Divorce Tricks

I was recently invited to contribute to HuffPost Divorce, where you can now find a slideshow featuring my Top 10 Low-Down Dirtiest Divorce Tricks. Some of them appear to have struck a nerve with readers: of the 278 comments that have been left on …

Continue Reading …

What Prenuptial Agreements mean for The First Wives Club

Lord Justice Munby, the chairman of the Law Commission, who also sits as a judge in the Court Of Appeal (and was one of the judges in Imerman), made a very wise observation last week.

Continue Reading …

How one son’s love went around the world – and how you can help

It is often said that the world is now a smaller place, and recent events have had me thinking about this throwaway phrase. In 2010, are we really more of a “global community” than ever before? Yesterday, almost every male in our office was …

Continue Reading …

The Sirens of Divorce

Recently I wrote about the “Black Knights” of divorce: those people who won’t face reality but fight on, relentlessly, long after the case has finished. They are few in number but their behaviour is remarkable. Today I would like to consider …

Continue Reading …

Any Questions? By guest blogger Robin Charrot.

I have noticed that many new visitors arrive at this blog after entering questions about their predicaments into Google. I asked Cheshire divorce lawyer Robin Charrot if he could help out with some answers. how to act in court For most court …

Continue Reading …

Scandal and Divorce in the 18th Century – by guest blogger Julian Hawkhead

In Lady Worsley’s time, divorce was a privilege of the wealthy. I recently came across an interesting article in the BBC History Magazine about an infamous 18th Century divorce. It brought to mind the recent news about the lady in Dubai who has …

Continue Reading …

Divorcee and the Gigolo

A new French film explores the conduct of a 51-year-old woman who, following the collapse of her marriage, pays for sex with much younger men. Cliente stars well-known French actress Nathalie Baye as the divorcee who seeks to escape from her boring …

Continue Reading …

Ten ways he can tell you’re cheating on him

Eventually you must make a decision… 1. The mobile phone bill goes missing. If lengthy calls to your lover have sent the telephone bill spiralling upwards, the last thing you want is for your husband to discover that nearly all the calls …

Continue Reading …

Awards

UK Blawg Awards 2010

About Marilyn

Marilyn Stowe is the senior partner in Stowe Family Law, which has offices in Yorkshire, Cheshire and London. With more than 25 years’ experience handling divorce cases and family law proceedings she is regarded as one of the most formidable and sought after divorce lawyers in the UK.

Find out more

Tweets from @marilynstowe

Loading …

Stowe Family Law on YouTube

Stowe Family Law on Flickr

IAML

IAML

Note

I write for the benefit of those who are experiencing family breakdown and for fellow family law professionals. Please note that all persons mentioned in the scenarios are fictitious: details have been deliberately changed in order to protect identities and other confidential circumstances of my clients.

Please also note the advice I give in each scenario must not be relied upon by anyone reading my blog. You must always take your own legal advice as your circumstances may be different and English family law is continually changing.

Shared on Facebook