If you are considering divorce, your first questions may be about the family home, the mortgage, and how you will manage financially. Before those questions can be answered properly, your solicitor needs to understand what each spouse owns, owes, and earns, and what it costs to support the family. You may know most of those...Read More
A Pension Adjustment Order, often called a PAO, is a court order directing pension trustees or a pension provider to allocate specified pension benefits to a spouse or former spouse, or for the benefit of a dependent family member. Before agreeing a divorce settlement, you need to understand which pensions exist, their value, and how...Read More
People often come to me after 25, 30 or 40 years of marriage and say that they are not sure whether they want a divorce. What they do know is that something has to change, and they are worried about what separation might mean for their home, pension and standard of living. That is perfectly...Read More
Divorce can take an enormous toll on a person. Even where both spouses know the marriage is over, the process can be emotionally draining, financially stressful and deeply unsettling. People are often trying to protect their children, preserve some dignity, avoid unnecessary conflict and keep control of costs. So it is completely understandable that many...Read More
When one spouse controls all the money in a marriage, the other spouse can feel completely stuck. This is such a common situation. And often a very frightening one. They may not know what is in the bank accounts. They may not know what their husband or wife earns. They may have no access to...Read More
If you are searching for the best divorce lawyer in Dublin, you are probably not looking for a slogan. You are likely at a very difficult point in your life. You may be worried about your home, your children, your pension, your income, or what your financial position will look like when the divorce is...Read More
One of the frequent enquiries we get in the office is from spouses who have worked in the home for much, or sometimes all, of the marriage. They can be married to someone who has earned a lot of money and acquired a sizeable pension pot and sometimes other assets. This spouse sees themselves as...Read More
Public understanding of divorce in Ireland often comes from personal accounts rather than legal explanations. The Divorce Diaries series in the Irish Independent gives detailed descriptions of how separation plays out in real families. From a solicitor’s perspective, these accounts follow familiar patterns. Many of the most difficult aspects of divorce do not arise from...Read More
A solicitor’s perspective Recent coverage in the Irish Independent highlights a reality we see every week in practice. In particular, a recent Irish Independent article examining why so many separating couples remain tied to the family home reflects many of the legal and financial difficulties we regularly encounter. Separation often does not mean separation in...Read More
Divorce brings emotional and financial challenges, but one area that often catches people off guard is tax. Ireland has a number of tax rules that apply differently once a couple separates or divorces, especially around property, maintenance, stamp duty, and asset transfers. One thing that may surprise you is that divorce solicitors, by and large,...Read More
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