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If you’ve considered using an online divorce provider such as Quickie Divorce, you’ve probably done some research. In turn, it’s probably fair to say that you’ll have come across statements claiming that, as the documentation that needs to be completed is available from the courts free-of-charge, such services are not needed. Now, we at Quickie Divorce would obviously disag

South Korean couples that are seeking divorces are heading to the US town of Reno in order to dissolve their marriage according to recent reports. Couples that wish to end their marriages in South Korea must first attend various classes, meet with a court-appointed marriage counsellor and observe a three-month ‘cooling-off’ period before the courts will grant them a divorce and the pro

The Divorce party/celebration may not be anything new, but just last week the BBC ran a story on these rather unique events and, in the process, prompted us to once again consider them along with their pros and cons. Perhaps the first thing we noticed about the article was just how varied these events have become. Previously, we’d assumed that people that choose to celebrate their divorces w

Edit: At time of edit, in 2018, court fees have risen again to £550 Recently, the controversial plans to increase the £410 fee payable to the courts when filing for a divorce to £750 were scrapped by Justice Secretary Chris Grayling. The plans to increase these fees had been much maligned, largely as a result of the fact that the vast majority of divorcees are unsure of why th

Several weeks ago, Pope Francis announced his intentions to reform the Catholic Church’s approach to a number of matters, one of the most notable being divorce. Currently, members of the church that have become divorced are unable to remarry within the church unless they have had their marriage annulled by this institution. In order to obtain this, both husband and wife will need to atten

Following a divorce or, under some circumstances, even before one is finalised, people are usually very keen to return to their maiden names. To us, this is entirely understandable. Doing so can often be an important part of the process of ending a marriage' so much so that divorcees regularly inform us that it was when they returned to their maiden names that they truly felt that their marria

The more a couple spend on their wedding day, the more likely they are to divorce according to a recent study. Researchers from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia discovered that couples that spent more than £12,500 on their wedding were 3.5 times more likely to become divorced than couples that spent less. Academics also discovered that couples that spent between £1,250 and &poun

Last week, esteemed High Court judge Mr Justice Mostyn suggested that women seeking divorce settlements from their husbands should refrain from beginning new relationships before said settlement is finalised and their marriages are legally dissolved; but why? Many would assume that this advice stems from that fact that, should an individual begin a new relationship whilst still legally married to

The happier a wife is with her marriage, the happier the husband is with life overall irrespective of how he feels about his marriage according to a recent survey. The study, which was conducted by Dr Deborah Carr of Rutgers University and has been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, analysed the responses of 394 couples who took part in a survey concerning health, income and disabili

Children who come from affluent families are more affected by divorce than those from poor families according to a study conducted by researchers at Georgetown University and the University of Chicago. The study, which utilised data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, reviewed information concerning 4,000 children whom researchers divided into three groups in accordance with their f

Generally, it is presumed that a couple that are considering a divorce will benefit greatly from a holiday but, according to a recent survey, getting away from it all might not be such a good idea after all! The study found that more than a quarter (27 per cent) of divorced people separated from their partners shortly after having returned from a holiday with their other halves. Additionally, ten

The figures may show that the UK’s divorce rate has been on the wane in recent years but, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) having recently revealed that a divorce was granted every five minutes in England and Wales in 2012, it’s clear that it is by no means uncommon for couples to bring their marriages to a legal end. Unsurprisingly, with the divorce rate having increased