Samantha Hulse

News and media

• News
  • Is it possible to divorce a person who lacks mental capacity?
    Posted on December 6, 2023
    Anyone contemplating divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership will have many things to consider, but you are likely to have particular concerns if your spouse suffers from a condition which impacts their mental health and their decision-making ability. The considerations will differ slightly depending on whether a lack of mental capacity is permanent, for example as a result of a serious brain injury, dementia, or Alzheimer’s disease, or if their decision-making ability comes and goes, for example due to substance misuse or bipolar disorder.
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  • Reconciliation; can we change our minds about getting a divorce?
    Posted on October 21, 2022
    You are likely to have spent some weeks, months or perhaps even years contemplating getting a divorce before you decided to apply, and even then, you may still wonder if it is not too late to save your marriage, particularly if you have children together.
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  • Can you really have a clean break after divorce?
    Posted on December 8, 2021
    Many people mistakenly believe that a divorce severs your financial ties, but that is not the case. It is necessary to either agree your financial arrangements via a separate negotiation and have the settlement formalised by the court, or have the court decide how your finances should be divided.
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  • Implacably hostile over child arrangements – could this be you?
    Posted on November 5, 2021
    If you cannot reach an agreement with your former partner about arrangements for your children, one of you may apply to the family court for an independent decision. The courts have a wide range of powers in deciding where a child should live and how often they should see each of their parents. In most cases, a court will want to preserve a relationship between a child and both of their parents, even if it recognises that one parent’s behaviour is far from ideal.
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  • Can we finalise our divorce before the house is sold?
    Posted on April 12, 2021
    For the majority of people, their most significant asset is the family home. So, it is not surprising that when it comes to dealing with the financial consequences surrounding divorce, questions about what will happen to the matrimonial home are usually top of the list.
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• Blog
  • From Divorce lawyers all over the country, a huge thank you to Mrs Tini Owens
    Posted on September 10, 2018
    Although this is little consolation for Mrs Owens, her case in the Supreme Court may have finally opened the door for future wives and husbands to obtain a ‘no fault’ divorce. The media and publicity surrounding the case of Mr and Mrs Owens has brought divorce reform to the forefront of the Government’s attention and it looks like ‘no fault’ divorces may once again be on the cards.
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  • Owens v Owens – Divorce reform
    Posted on May 23, 2018
    There has been a lot of coverage lately about the case of Owens v Owens and whether Mrs Owens should be entitled to divorce her husband on unreasonable behaviour.
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