Family Law Solicitors In Liverpool Handle Painful Custody And Divorce Cases Regularly
The first time I heard the Tammy Wynette song D.I.V.O.R.C.E was many years ago and even though I was still young at the time, I cried my eyes out just from the way that it made me feel. It is a sad fact that as a Liverpool solicitor and coming from a solicitors family in Liverpool, I have seen many divorce and custody cases, many of which have upset me.
Family solicitors in Liverpool and those working in every other place too, handle painful cases dealing with divorce and custody on a regular basis and for some people this is not a problem. For the more sensitive types, and yes there is such a thing as a sensitive solicitor no matter what the stereotypes are, dealing with such cases day in and day out can be very depressing. Contrary to popular belief, family law solicitors in Liverpool and other places do have feelings and try their best to help their clients through a difficult time.
Although a divorce is a normal fact of life these days, it was not always the case and in the past a divorce was much harder to obtain. Before 1858 the church courts could provide only one of two remedies. Both were costly and infrequent, there being only about forty a year in the 1840s: Divorce from bed and board (a mensa et thoro, literally from table and hearth) which separated the parties but did not allow either to remarry during the lifetime of the other. It could be granted on grounds of life-threatening cruelty or of adultery by the husband or the wife. The payment of alimony (means of support) to the woman might then be enforced through the civil courts.
Divorce from the chain or bond of matrimony (a vincula matrimonii) declared invalid the marriage itself and thus allowed either party to remarry. It could be granted if the marriage were not consummated within two years, for impotence, frigidity or lunacy, or if the marriage could be shown to be incestuous or bigamous, or carried out by force or in error, or, before 1753, if one of the parties lacked age and consent. These were ripe fields for argument and appeal if property was involved.
Under the current law in England and Wales, if separating couples cannot agree how to divide their assets it is up to a judge to make orders. Where there is not enough money or property to be divided equally between husband and wife the courts try to work out the spouses' needs. Orders can be made for the richer party to pay the poorer a lump sum, to pay a certain amount of support for a particular number of years; or to sell the family home.
All of this makes for stress and disagreements which unfortunately often involve children too. This is why family solicitors in Liverpool have to step in and try to handle matters in a way which will minimise the upheaval felt by everyone involved.
Family solicitors in Liverpool and those working in every other place too, handle painful cases dealing with divorce and custody on a regular basis and for some people this is not a problem. For the more sensitive types, and yes there is such a thing as a sensitive solicitor no matter what the stereotypes are, dealing with such cases day in and day out can be very depressing. Contrary to popular belief, family law solicitors in Liverpool and other places do have feelings and try their best to help their clients through a difficult time.
Although a divorce is a normal fact of life these days, it was not always the case and in the past a divorce was much harder to obtain. Before 1858 the church courts could provide only one of two remedies. Both were costly and infrequent, there being only about forty a year in the 1840s: Divorce from bed and board (a mensa et thoro, literally from table and hearth) which separated the parties but did not allow either to remarry during the lifetime of the other. It could be granted on grounds of life-threatening cruelty or of adultery by the husband or the wife. The payment of alimony (means of support) to the woman might then be enforced through the civil courts.
Divorce from the chain or bond of matrimony (a vincula matrimonii) declared invalid the marriage itself and thus allowed either party to remarry. It could be granted if the marriage were not consummated within two years, for impotence, frigidity or lunacy, or if the marriage could be shown to be incestuous or bigamous, or carried out by force or in error, or, before 1753, if one of the parties lacked age and consent. These were ripe fields for argument and appeal if property was involved.
Under the current law in England and Wales, if separating couples cannot agree how to divide their assets it is up to a judge to make orders. Where there is not enough money or property to be divided equally between husband and wife the courts try to work out the spouses' needs. Orders can be made for the richer party to pay the poorer a lump sum, to pay a certain amount of support for a particular number of years; or to sell the family home.
All of this makes for stress and disagreements which unfortunately often involve children too. This is why family solicitors in Liverpool have to step in and try to handle matters in a way which will minimise the upheaval felt by everyone involved.
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