Splitting Up

Introduction, general warnings and guidelines; legal procedures, courts, the grounds for divorce and undefended divorce; the general law on property and maintenance; what income and property?; the starting point for financial calculations under the general law; calculating maintenance under the general law; sharing capital and property; the clean break; court property orders and what they may pay; wills and inheritance; children - parental responsibility, residence, contact, maintenance, adoption, local authority care and wardship; professional advice, costs, Legal Aid and complaints.