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Divorce & Splitting Up: A Complete Legal and Financial Guide (Which? Essential Guides) [Paperback]

Claire Colbert (Author)
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Publication Date: 15 Sep 2010 | Series: Which Essential Guides
Divorce & Splitting Up is a comprehensive guide to divorce, dissolution and separation. It offers practical assistance throughout the process for married couples, cohabiting couples or those in civil partnerships.

Splitting up is never easy. The emotional upheaval - especially when children are involved - the legal complexities and the financial implications make even the most amicable parting a demanding business. This indispensable guide considers, in clear, easy-to-follow language, what happens when couples divorce, how the situation differs for unmarried couples, and considers civil partnerships and the process of how these are dissolved.

Divorce & Splitting Up is fully updated for 2010 with changes to the CSA. It also discusses ways of minimising unnecessary conflict and costs, explains how to choose a solicitor and when to go to court, and it examines the needs of children, advising on maintenance settlements, parental responsibility and legal rights. It also covers law and procedures in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Which? Books; 3rd edition (15 Sep 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844901076
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844901074
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
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'Explains in simple terms how divorce works and the financial
implications' -- Mail on Sunday

'This handbook will answer your initial questions and is much
cheaper than paying a solicitor'
-- Choice --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

After qualifying as a solicitor, Imogen Clout specialised in
family law and worked at a number of different practices in London. She was
an early member of the Solicitors Family Law Association and a founder
member of the National Stepfamily Association. She was written on and
taught family law for many years. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent 24 May 2009
By Gradivus
Format:Paperback
Well written and easy to follow. Structure of the book is very good so that you can easily skip the chapters that are not relevant, or home into the ones that are important to you. Provides the right amount of detail so that you understand what is going on without being overwhelmed by details that might not be relevant. Makes it clear where a solicitor is essential and what preparations to make before consulting one.

Highly recommended.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Structural problems 26 May 2011
By Nick Morgan
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Firstly, make sure you get the most recent copy of this book - if you are going to get it. The laws around Legal Aid are changing quite quickly.

Secondly, the main problem of the book is structural. Are you the person who is doing the divorcing or are you the person being divorced? Because different people need different information and this book doesn't address that, so it never really knows who it's talking to.

Thirdly, the information falls short of what you would expect of a which? publication, so for example, in the chapter about finding a solicitor (and costs) it say, "Many solicitors offer a free first interview..." but what it fails to say is that fees are often negotiable and many solicitors charging £200 per hour will drop to £150 in a heartbeat if you simply ask at the outset.

Fourthly, despite being called a guide there is no practical advice about filling out forms - how do you fill out Form E for example? There's a great deal of form filling in a divorce and the more you can do yourself the less you will have to pay the solicitor.

Finally, all books on divorce should contain the following rider: the only people who really win in divorce cases are solicitors and barristers and by the time you have finished squabbling about just how the cake should be cut - well you guessed it - the cake becomes much, much smaller.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Check the bill from your lawyer! 2 Oct 2007
By John
Format:Hardcover
This excellent book will give you a very good road map when it comes to divorce. If you find yourself in more complicated territory this book won't be sufficient on its own but it should at least help you to ask the right kinds of questions.

Some very good advice is that lawyers make for expensive counsellors. The other point that could be stressed more is that lawyers are only human; they make mistakes. As with most things in life you should not rely completely on somebody else to look after your own interests. Finally, despite pretty much anything else that is going on, check your bill and challenge it promptly - Have you been double-charged for copy letters?What are you being charged for emails? (it might be the same as a letter); Is your lawyer sending lots of long letters (expensive) when short letters would do (less expensive)? Are you wasting time on correspondence when moving swiftly to issuing proceedings would get the whole thing on a time-table set by the Court? (particularly relevant if the other side is ignoring your letters) Is the breakdown of charges clear? It is incredibly difficult to focus on bills when in the midst of a divorce but it is time well spent. A good lawyer will help you but they are also there to make money based on chargeable time. Nothing wrong with that but make sure they don't make too much at your expense.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The beginning of the end
I picked this book up in the local library. It was like a light bulb moment, things just became simple and clear with the divorce, money kids and process. Read more
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a very practical guide to all the legal things you may need to know about when getting a divorce, it has sections and 'tasks' you can work through before seeking legal help, also... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very clear.
Very clear book. Slightly overlong introductory section is my only quibble but really helps to understand the process even if you are using a lawyer.
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On advise from a very good friend I purchased this book due to the circumstances I was being forced into and it calmed me down and I saved £ooo's of £s' well worth buying!!
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Published on 9 Sep 2010 by detectivenapa
4.0 out of 5 stars Divorce and splitting up guide
This was recommended to me by my mortgage advisor. it is a very useful easy to understand guide for those like me new to all this!
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