Like a great many other women, you may have started January by contemplating divorce and ended it by reaching the decision to end your marriage.   more »

Another week, another survey! This time I think almost everyone – apart from divorce lawyers like me – was stunned at the findings of a new study of married men and women, which found that 59 per cent of wives would end their marriages immediately if their future economic security was assured.   more »

If you are in the particularly unhappy situation where you want to hold on to your marriage but your partner wants out, you are likely to be feeling not only heartbroken but also at a distinct disadvantage because your spouse has all the power.   more »

If Christmas wasn’t a bundle of laughs in your household, it may be that visiting relatives and in-laws were a major cause of stress and argument.   more »

Well done; you’ve survived Christmas and New Year – not the easiest of “celebrations” to negotiate – and maybe you’ve even had a good time. So, firstly, let me wish you a happy, optimistic and fulfilling 2008.   more »

Now I don’t know what you’re wanting for Christmas, but for me the best present would be an empty appointments diary when I return to the office after New Year.   more »

The “war of the Tarrants” has taken a distinctly un-Festive turn with the newly divorced celebrity couple apparently coming to blows over who will see the kids at Christmas.   more »

One of the things you might worry about if you’re getting divorced is what people will think of you. Will you be judged harshly by your peers because your marriage has collapsed? Will you be ostracised by some of your friends?   more »

December 1 – which happens to be tomorrow – is, I think, a good time to sit down and take a hard look at how to make Christmas easy. Because anyone who has read my blogs from this time last year, or has read my book, How NOT To Get Divorced After Christmas, knows that I believe the Festive Season to be the most stressful time of year – particularly if you’re a woman.   more »

The celebrations this week to mark the diamond wedding anniversary of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh provided some welcome respite from the usual doom-and-gloom news coverage.   more »

It’s still five weeks away, but already it seems that Christmas is upon us. The shops are groaning with goodies and magazines and TV adverts are awash with gift ideas – many of which cost an arm and a leg.   more »

A survey published this week reveals that the vast majority of adults want to be married. More than seven out of ten say they would like a ring on their finger – more than ten times the number of people who want to live with a partner without being married.   more »

Money and children are the two main issues that stall the finalising of a divorce settlement. But there’s another, less publicised, one that can hold up the process – “pet custody”.   more »

Statistics show that 65 per cent of divorces involving couples over the age of 50 are initiated by women. In her new book, The Female Brain, Dr Luann Brizendine puts forward one reason for this:......   more »

Imagine, if you will, a pair of perfectly balanced scales. On one side is the husband and on the other, the wife. The scales are evenly balanced because the power in the relationship is divided equally between them. This is the ideal scenario.   more »

Christmas can be a stressful time even for happy families, but for fragmented ones it is often little short of a nightmare.   more »