Children of divorced parents are more likely to smoke

Children of divorced parents are more likely to smoke, according to a study produced by the University of Toronto. The odds of taking up smoking are 48 per cent greater for boys and 39 per cent greater for girls of divorced parents than for those where the parents have managed to stay together, according to ...

Online divorce to rise as legal aid is stopped for divorces 2

Online divorce is set to rise as legal aid cuts, mean it will no longer be available for divorce cases after 1st April 2013. The legislation is published on the Ministry of justice website. The Government has cut legal help ( basic legal aid) and legal aid representation itself for most private law family cases ...

Divorce to be abolished and replaced by licence scheme

Image via Wikipedia The Ministry of Justice have today released a suprise green paper for consultation today which would do away with divorce proceedings altogether. The novel idea is to introduce a marriage licence, much like a driving licence which would have to be renewed every 5 years. If the licence is not renewed then ...