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Last week, the Senate passed legislation aimed at reducing the stress and cost of obtaining a divorce by introducing “no-fault divorce” to Bermuda. This legislation will be the first of a raft of reforms that aim to modernise Bermuda’s legislation, w...

Legislation designed to end “unhelpful blaming and shaming” in divorce cases was backed by the Senate today. The Upper House heard the Matrimonial Causes (Faultless Divorce) Amendment Act was the first of several changes designed to modernise matrim...

“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change.” Frequently attributed to Albert Einstein Continuing last week’s analysis of fishy quotes, let’s take a look at the well-known one above which is f...

Divorce without the need for a courtroom blame game could be on the cards after the Attorney-General tabled proposed legislation in the House of Assembly yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons said that the “no fault” divorce proposal was “the first part of a...

Bermuda’s divorce laws have been in place for close to 50 years. While many other jurisdictions have adapted their laws to reflect changing attitudes to divorce, Bermudian legislation has remained unchanged. Divorce rules in England and Wales, which...

Family mediators were asked to bid for Government work to help resolve disputes over parental access to children. An invitation to tender was published to cover the “legally mandated function”. A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Social Development and...

Few areas of our lives have been unaffected by the ripple effects of the pandemic, and relationships are no exception. Health and financial worries are well-known stressors on any marriage, but Covid restrictions also forced many couples into unusual...

A father accused of “disgraceful” and “selfish” conduct by a judge has won the right to appeal her ruling that he must pay his ex-wife more than a decade’s worth of child support expenses. The businessman asked for the court to rule he did not have t...

The pandemic engulfing the world no doubt will have an unforgettable and lasting impact on people’s lives in numerous ways. The obvious and tangible damage through illness and death is devastating, hard to comprehend and has been well documented. Th...

Most fathers are not shirking their relationship, their responsibilities, nor are they emotionally and mentally abusing their children. It is evident that most of our society suffers from the misguided misconceptions that lead to negativity towards f...

Mothers will be offered free advice on how to access child maintenance by an expert in family law tomorrow. Cristen Suess is to present information and answer questions on the topic at an event hosted by the Women’s Resource Centre. She said the semi...

Wayne Swan felt blind-sided when his marriage fell apart ten years ago. He thought he and his first wife had it all, a close family, two beautiful children and a house of their own. “Sometimes, in hindsight, you are so close to it, you don’t know it...