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Q&A on finances and divorce with Marilyn Stowe – Wednesday February 8th

On Wednesday 8th February I will be answering readers’ questions in real-time from 2pm to 4pm in our forums. If you have a general question concerning the financial implications of divorce that you would like answering, then please post it over the coming week, or during Wednesday afternoon.

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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.

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Update: Divorce questions and answers on This Morning

What would you like to know about divorce? Tomorrow (Tuesday 10 January) I will be appearing on the sofa alongside Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning, which begins at 10:30 am, to offer advice to viewers.

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Announcing the Christmas Competition winner: Let it snow?

Over the festive period I gave you a fictional scenario to think over. I described a family struggling to deal with divorce, and asked what advice you would give them to secure the best outcome for their children. Could the family share a happy Christmas together?

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Lonely city, lonely heart: the difficulty of reconciling a broken marriage

Working in London is very different from our other two offices. Travelling to Harrogate I'm used to a leisurely short drive through gorgeous Yorkshire scenery, parking easily and then enjoying a comparatively relaxed pace of life I had never before fully appreciated...until now.

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Types of trust – and a touch of Christmas spirit

How often do any of us pay anything more than lip service to “the season of goodwill”? This year, my firm decided to honour the Christmas spirit in quite a dramatic way.

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How do you demonstrate habitual residence?

This blog receives many enquiries from people overseas who wish to know if they are able to present a divorce petition in England. The answer rests on whether or not there is jurisdiction to do so.

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The Experts: Will the truth ever out post-Imerman?

This is a slightly expanded version of my latest post for The Times, which appears on The Experts blog today. It has now been more than a year since the landmark Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Imerman v Tchenguiz. The decision, condemned …

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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 …

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A note on the Vicky Haigh case

The case of Vicky Haigh has made lurid headlines today. She is the woman publicly named and shamed by Lord Justice Wall, the President of the Family Division, after making “entirely false” and “scandalous” allegations about her former partner.

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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.

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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.

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