How Do I Get Financial Disclosure From My Spouse During Divorce?
Divorce is stressful enough without wondering what your spouse isn’t telling you about their finances. Getting financial disclosure can feel confrontational, especially if you want to keep things amicable. But here’s the truth: you can’t make a fair decision about your financial settlement without seeing the full picture. This guide explains how to get the…
PRE-MARITAL ARMED FORCES PENSIONS: WHAT HAPPENS IN DIVORCE?
You’d think that a pension you spent years building before you even met your spouse should be yours alone. So what exactly happens to it when you go through a divorce? The short answer is: it’s complicated. Your pre-marital pension won’t automatically be excluded from your divorce settlement, but you do have arguments available to…
Taking the First Steps: Your Essential Guide to Moving Forward After Deciding to Divorce
Divorce can feel like stepping onto a rollercoaster ride. You might have countless questions swirling around in your head, especially if you’ve never encountered the legal world before. You and your spouse have made the tough decision to part ways, but now what? In this blog post, we will discuss the first essential steps post-decision,…
Business Assets and Divorce Settlements: Options Beyond Selling Your Business
When Your Business is Your Biggest Asset You’ve spent years building a business worth millions. Now divorce is on the horizon—and the last thing you want is to be forced to sell the company you’ve fought so hard to grow. This is one of the most common and stressful situations business owners face in divorce.…
Is It Too Late to Get a Postnuptial Agreement? Here’s What the Law in England and Wales Actually Says
It’s a question we hear more often than you’d think, “We’re already married — is it too late to get a postnuptial agreement?” The short answer is no. If you didn’t sign a prenuptial before your wedding, or circumstances have changed since you did, a postnuptial agreement can still give you the clarity and protection…
How is a jointly owned rental or buy-to-let property dealt with in divorce?
When a couple who own a rental property divorce, it’s natural to assume it will simply be sold and the money split down the middle. That’s not how it works. A rental property is looked at alongside everything else you own — savings, pensions, the family home, and so on. The court has to look…
What Happens to the House in a Divorce If Only One Spouse’s Name Is on the Mortgage?
Not being named on the mortgage does not shut you out of a claim to the family home. On divorce, the court can treat the home as a matrimonial asset and decide what happens to it, whoever’s name is on the mortgage or the title deeds. That doesn’t mean an automatic equal split, or that the spouse who isn’t named on the mortgage…
Prenuptial vs Postnuptial: What’s the Difference (and Which Do You Need)?
If you’ve started researching into protecting your finances around marriage, you’ve probably come across both these terms within about thirty seconds of each other: prenuptial and postnuptial. They get used almost interchangeably in everyday conversation, but they’re not exactly the same thing. Which one you need depends entirely on where you are in your relationship right now. Here’s a straightforward breakdown of what each one actually is, how the law treats them,…
Disclosing Debts in Form E: What You Need to Know During Divorce
When people think about financial disclosure during divorce, they often focus on assets such as property, savings, pensions, and investments (the norm). However, debts can be just as important. In many cases, the way debts are treated can have a significant impact on the overall financial settlement. This is because the court does not simply look at…
Reasons to Consider a Prenup or Postnup
Planning a wedding or entering into a civil partnership is an exciting time, and discussing what might happen if the relationship ends isn’t always an easy conversation to have. However, for many couples, putting a nuptial agreement in place is simply another way of planning for the future. Whether created before or after marriage, these…
Matrimonial vs Non-Matrimonial Assets: What’s the Difference?
One of the biggest questions people ask during a divorce is, “Which assets will actually be divided?” The answer isn’t always straightforward. In England and Wales, the court doesn’t simply look at whose name an asset is in or when it was purchased. Instead, it considers the wider circumstances of the relationship, the purpose of…
How are liabilities and debts treated by courts in divorce?
When going through a divorce, it’s not just assets that are considered — debts and liabilities are also part of the overall financial picture. In most cases, the court will look at all debts built up during the marriage and treat them as a shared responsibility, regardless of whose name they are in. However, the position is…
“We Knew Something Didn’t Add Up” – A Real Divorce Consultation on Missing Information, Hidden Assets, and Getting to the Truth
When going through a divorce, one of the most critical — and often misunderstood — stages is financial disclosure. Many clients come to us not because they are looking for conflict, but because something doesn’t feel right. There’s a sense that the numbers don’t quite add up. That something is missing. That decisions are being made without the full picture. This real consultation highlights exactly that…
Menopause and Divorce in the UK: What the Numbers Tell Us — and What You Should Do Next
For many women in their 40s and 50s, menopause doesn’t arrive quietly. It arrives in the middle of a marriage — in the middle of sleepless nights, a body that feels unfamiliar, and a relationship that may no longer feel like enough. At NjP Solicitors, we work with clients every day who are navigating divorce during some of the…
Divorce Is About More Than Law – It’s About People
When people think about divorce, they often think about court hearings, legal documents and financial settlements. In reality, divorce is rarely just a legal process. It is one of the most emotionally challenging life events a person can experience. For nearly 20 years, I have worked exclusively in family law, helping people navigate divorce, financial settlements and arrangements for children. During that time,…
Doing your own divorce? Why you should still take legal advice
As you may already know, the new system of no-fault divorce was introduced on 6 April 2022, and it appears that divorcing without blame has proved popular. Part of this popularity may be due to the simplicity of the new system. It is no longer necessary to prove that the marriage has irretrievably broken down by relying upon reasons…