A woman who cohabited with her partner for more than 18 years has won a legal battle with his estranged wife for a share in his home. Joy Williams faced legal action from her partner’s estranged wife following the passing of Norman Martin as he never legally divorced his wife. As such, his share of…
While January is known by many as Divorce Month (see our last blog) figures released just at the end of 2015 showed that divorce rates in the UK are at a 40-year low. The most recent data available on the number of divorces in Scotland showed that in the last four years, divorce rates have…
A new study has revealed that cohabiting couples are the the fastest growing family type in the UK with over 150,000 cohabitating relationships in Scotland alone. The study found that there were over 3 million cohabiting families in the UK with the Office of National Statistics reporting that cohabiting families grew by 29.7% between 2004…
