CANTERBURY, U.K. -- Emma Palmer, Senior Solicitor for the Family Team at Whitehead Monckton Canterbury, has created a guide of useful tips on ‘Surviving a Divorce or Separation.’
The guide is written by Emma Palmer and discusses top tips for surviving a divorce with advice from solicitors in Canterbury, Kent.
The article is written in a friendly tone that people will relate to and take note of. The aim of the article is to help couples that are going through the very difficult time of divorce or separation.
Emma Palmer touches on the metaphor of a divorce being as smooth or as rocky as you want to make it, giving a recommendation ‘to take the smooth motorway and not the bumpy mountain track,’ when children are present in the relationship.
‘I often tell my clients, at the risk of sounding patronising, that (where they have children) the divorce or separation and sharing out of their finances is just the start of it all. They will have to face up to each other at birthday parties, weddings, christenings etc. for the rest of their lives otherwise their children are going to really suffer.’
‘If you can start to focus on the practicalities of your separation in terms of where you and your spouse or partner will live with any children you might have and how the other assets will be divided up rather than getting entrenched in issues relating to the breakdown of your relationship, then you will find the process far easier.’
More married couples are going through divorce in the UK than previously recorded. With more than one in five couples now ending in divorce within the first 10 years of marriage.
Children are almost always the main concern when a relationship has broken down and Emma’s first tip in the article is to:
‘Think of your children first - not as a commodity to be shared but as living breathing individuals in their own right. ‘
The article "Surviving a Divorce or Separation' by Emma Palmer is available to read on the Whitehead Monckton website.
Whitehead Monckton is one of the leading law firms in Kent and have a number of expert Canterbury Solicitors specialising in Family Law who have a wide range of knowledge and skills in this area of law.
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