Earlier today I appeared on BBC Radio 4 show Woman’s Hour. I am always delighted to receive an invitation to appear on this iconic show. Women have been debating and discussing the finer points of their lives on this radio institution since 1946!
In recent months this column has chronicled the travails, opportunities and challenges faced by our profession in 2013 and beyond. In truth, the future faced by high street firms continues to give me cause for concern. Lack of confidence in the economy, an axe-happy government and 'Tesco Law' have
Earlier today I appeared on Daybreak, not once but twice! I was invited on at the beginning of the programme and again after the 8 ‘o’ clock news, to discuss a study showing that the rise of smartphones and social media has led to a surge in infidelity and fraud.
My popular Kindle ebook Divorce & Splitting Up: Advice from A Top Divorce Lawyer is now free to download – until the end of this week!
Normally 99p, this special offer runs until the end of Friday (May 3).
Launched at the beginning of the year, Divorce & Splitting Up offers nearly 300 pages on
The late Margaret Thatcher had a way with words and several of her finest bons mots really appeal to me. “Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t” and “If you want something said, ask a man. If you want it done, ask a woman” and so on. There are lots of
The Legal Ombudsman has produced a report showing that family law is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales. More than a fifth of the cases it deals with involve divorce and other family law-
It has been an unusual week! While we all shiver beneath a winter that seems especially reluctant to give way spring this year, just a few days ago a time capsule was buried beneath the grounds of the still-under-construction JW3 Jewish Community Centre on the
A “green light” has been given to divorce settlements by private arbitration after a recent ruling, according to a former Lord Chancellor.
Lord Falconer of Thoroton commented to The Times on a divorce settlement agreed by a couple privately under Jewish law
Last year, in the summer, I joined my parents and sister (known to blog readers as Aunty Doo Doo) for tea at Bettys in Harlow Carr Gardens, Harrogate. It’s a very pretty place and before I could refuse, my Dad said “Have an egg sandwich with your tea, Marilyn” as he
Today (February 12) my book Divorce & Splitting Up was featured in national tabloid The Sun. In the paper’s Captain Crunch feature, readers were informed that the book’s 99p selling price on the Kindle “could be a bargain as the average UK divorce costs
Earlier today, my latest Divorce Clinic on ITV This Morning fielded questions from viewers.
Earlier today I appeared on Daybreak, to talk about the importance of making a will.
The ex-wife of a wealthy oil executive is heading to the UK’s highest court to challenge a ruling that lawyers have said could help wealthy people who want to wriggle out of paying large divorce settlements to their former spouses.
Earlier today I appeared on ITV This Morning, for the programme’s latest Divorce Clinic.
My new divorce book is available in the Amazon Kindle store – and it’s FREE!
Not so long ago, getting hitched was taken for granted and cohabiting without a marriage licence was seen as ‘living in sin’. These days social attitudes have changed, but getting married is so expensive that people are put off the idea.
I receive many letters from people concerned about the future, having had disastrous relationships in the past. Below is a letter from a woman named Jenny who, at only 30, worried that she might never
A Duxbury calculation refers to the method used to work out a lump sum that can be drawn by a partner as maintenance for the rest of their life. The idea behind a lump sum is that this can enable a divorcing couple to have a clean break.
Dear Marilyn,
What’s the secret of a happy relationship? I would really like to know, because my own marriage is filled with ups and downs. It isn’t good for us, and it isn’t fair on our children. I have considered
Below is an extract from my new book, ‘Divorce & Splitting Up: Advice from a Top Divorce Lawyer’, which is available to download from Amazon, free of charge. This section looks at how to prepare children for divorce and I have included some useful dos and don’ts.
Today is Christmas Day and because it's a special day I would like to add a link here to one of my favourite ever posts on this blog. It is called The Family and the Circle of Life and it means a great deal to me. I hope you enjoy reading it - or rereading it - as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Well, come to think of it, perhaps an email might be quicker!
Ideas for what? The ebook I am currently completing, that’s what!. This *free* book will be available to Amazon Kindle users by the end of this months. Aimed at all separating
Divorce & Splitting Up by Marilyn Stowe is the essential how-to book for anyone who is getting divorced or splitting up from a partner. Read more >>
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"This really has helped me to see that there is light at the end of the tunnel and I will come out of it a stronger person." - J
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