What is a Divorce Clean Break Order and What Does It Mean for You?

If you’re in the midst of a divorce, it can already be challenging enough without bringing a financial aspect into the mix. Dividing up your assets with your former partner can be a long, complicated, and even painful process, but a clean break order can simplify this process and make it easier to organise your […]
What is a Financial Divorce Settlement? And Do I Need One?

What is a Financial Divorce Order? The Final Order (previously known as the decree absolute) is the legal document that ends a marriage, but it does not end the financial ties that exist between you and your ex-spouse. This article explains what a financial divorce settlement is and helps you decide if you need one. […]
Clean break consent orders under the old and new no-fault divorce laws

Getting a divorce doesn’t necessarily mean a clean break – as you don’t automatically sever the financial ties of marriage. Spouses are in fact financially linked well into the future, unless further legal agreements are put in place. Future earnings, inheritances, and even lottery wins are all at risk for decades unless a legal agreement […]
What Is A Clean Break Order And Do I Need One?

When a relationship ends, it can be tough to plan your way forward. This is because it’s uncommon (but thankfully, not impossible) for relationships to end in a totally amicable manner, where all necessary closure has been experienced and the two parties have separated in peace. This is because a relationship implies the connectivity between […]
Would you rather sleep at night after divorce or worry about your finances?

How would you feel if you had to give £2m of your lottery win to your ex of 10 years? This is what happened to Nigel Page. In 2010 Nigel was sued by his former wife Wendy shortly after his massive Euromillions windfall even though she left him for another man ten years earlier. Despite […]