Divorce Workshops Sample slides

1. DIVORCE
WORKSHOP

2. DIVORCE

3. DIVORCE
The Options:
4. Reconciliation
5. Separation
6. Divorce

4. DIVORCE
Divorce is a separate Legal
Procedure to Matrimonial Finances.
Only when you obtain a
Decree Absolute are you divorced.
Only when you obtain a Consent
Order are finances finalised.

5. DIVORCE PETITION
3.Petitioner v Respondent
5.Fact – Irretrievable Breakdown
- 5 Years Separation
- 2 Years Separation
- Desertion
- Adultery
- Behaviour

6. FINANCES

7. FINANCES
The Options:
• Agreement
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law
• Negotiation via Solicitor

8. FINANCES
The Options:
4. Agreement
- Low Acrimony
- Straightforward Finances
- Ability to Communicate
- Parties on an Equal Footing

9. FINANCES
The Options:
2. Mediation
- What is Mediation?
- What does it cost?
- Who is the Mediator?
- Traps for the unwary

10. FINANCES
The Options:
3. Collaborative Law with
Solicitors
- What does it involve?
- What does it cost?
- The Benefits

11. FINANCES
The Options:
4. Negotiation via Solicitor
- What does it involve?
- What does it cost?
- The Benefits
- The Pitfalls

12. FINANCES
The Options:
5. Court Application
- What is it?
- What does it cost?
- Timescales
- The Benefits

13. FINANCES
2. Where is the law?
• England and Wales on its own
• Capital Orders
- Assets, Liabilities & Property Transfer
4. Pension Orders
- Can be the second biggest asset

14. FINANCES
Factors taken into Account
• Children
• S 25 Factors
• Pre Nuptial Agreements
• Post Nuptial Agreements
The Law is applied to the facts. The Judge has
powers to make what he considers a fair
judgement.

15. FINANCES
Income
• What is a Periodical Payments Order?
• What is a Nominal Maintenance Order?
• What is a Clean Break?
• Earnt Income
• Income Needs

16. DIVORCE
WORKSHOP
LUNCH

17. THINGS YOU
NEED TO
KNOW

18. THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW
• Important Issues
• Domestic Violence
• Children Act Applications
• Other Factors