The UK’s decision to leave the EU could put at risk many of the legal protections currently available to children involved in international family law disputes, a new report has warned. According to the report by Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights), legal protections around child custody, child abduction and child maintenance could be put…
Most relationships go through their share of difficult times, but some couples seem to weather these times better than others. A new study from the US has attempted to shed some light on this by looking at how some couples work to not only stay in the relationship but to also keep it moving forward….
A new study has found that shared custody arrangements between separated parents can be much less stressful for children than living full-time with one parent. It highlighted that shared custody in this case means the sharing of physical custody, where the child lives for a roughly equal time with each parent in their separate households….
National Records of Scotland (NRS) has published ‘Scotland’s Population 2016 – the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends’. The Annual Review has been published every year since 1855 and gives an insight into the changing demographic profile of Scotland. The report also includes new data about births, adoptions, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered…
People who are married but thinking about divorce shouldn’t rush to act on these thoughts as there is a good chance they will change their mind. This is one of the findings from new US based research, which revealed that around 50% of those considering divorce had changed their mind twelve months later. The study,…
New analysis has shown that private pension wealth is the biggest component of household wealth in the UK, and has highlighted how important it is that this wealth is separated fairly in the event of divorce for the future financial well-being of both parties. The analysis by Aviva follows the latest statistical release on divorce…
Insight into Scotland’s Births, Deaths, and Marriages: Q1 2017 Statistics The latest figures from National Records of Scotland have given an insight into the numbers of births, deaths and marriages taking place in Scotland during the first quarter of 2017. According to the provisional figures there were 3,578 marriages in total, 66 more than during…
The family of actor Alan Thicke is headed to court in a dispute over a prenuptial agreement, the LA Times has reported. Mr Thicke, who stared in the 1980’s hit series Growing Pains, died unexpectedly in December last year at the age of 69. Two of his sons, Robin and Brennan, whose mother was Alan’s…
Divorce can represent a significant roadblock to women achieving true financial security, according to a new study from the US. The study by Allianz Life found that 64% of divorced respondents said their divorce created a financial crisis for them, and 59% noted that losing their spouse/significant other due to divorce was a real “wake-up…
A coalition of relationship support charities has called on the future UK Government to do more to improve the health of relationships in the UK. According to the group’s manifesto, more action to support healthy couple, co-parenting and family relationships will improve the nation’s health and wellbeing and make significant savings to the public purse….
