Author: Helen Pittard

Deathbed marriages and the increase in cohabiting couples

What is a Deathbed Marriage and why would you do this? Over recent years, there has been an increase in deathbed marriages as cohabiting couples realise late in the day the potential financial disadvantages of not being married. In 1996 1.5 million couples were cohabiting. This figure has more than doubled in the years since, with deathbed marriages also increasing. There is a common held...

Am I entitled to Maintenance now that I am getting Divorced?

Spousal Maintenance is often seen as a natural entitlement on Divorce, an assumed right, an income needed to secure the lifestyle the marriage has provided you and your family. Finances and children are the two major sources of anxiety together with uncertainty at the start of the separation process. However, how do you know whether you will be entitled to receive maintenance payments? When a...