• This week the Family Law Department at Cocks Lloyd Solicitors are supporting Resolutions’ Good Divorce Week which is highlighting why the Government must support better advice for separating families.
• Cocks Lloyd support Good Divorce Week (28 November 2022 to 02 December 2022), an annual awareness campaign run by Resolution, an organisation representing over 6,500 Family Law professionals which helps people find a better way to divorce.
• Our team of Family Law solicitors at Cocks Lloyd are all members of Resolution and have extensive experience in advising and assisting local people facing relationship breakdown. Resolution members commit to a Code of Practice that promotes a constructive approach to family issues and considers the needs of the whole family, in particular the best interests of children.
• Divorces are on the increase again with the most recent statistics showing 113,000 divorces in 2021 – up nearly 10% on the previous year – and the impact on wait times is stark. On average, it now takes 52 weeks to conclude divorce proceedings.
• In addition, official figures show that whilst private children cases were down by 7% during the last year, they are taking on average six weeks longer to reach a conclusion. Estimates suggest it takes nearly two years to resolve financial matters on divorce.
• That leaves many families in limbo for over a year and this has a knock-on effect on children’s schooling and family finances.
• Family law Solicitor, Emma Rymell of Cocks Lloyd said “backlogs are wreaking havoc on local families in Nuneaton. Even couples who want to separate amicably are having their patience and their continued relationship tested to breaking point by long delays.  When it comes to sorting out children arrangements and finances after divorce, the situation is even more bleak. Children are waiting nearly a year for the courts to determine which parent they live with, what school they go to, how much time they spend with the other parent – putting the whole family’s life on hold.  This is simply unacceptable and another reason why getting early professional advice is so important for families”.
• At Cocks Lloyd, our experienced family law solicitors offer an initial fixed fee appointment on all matters concerning relationship breakdowns, including divorce, separation of family finances and arrangements for children to ensure that local families and separating couples get the benefit of early professional advice.
• For further information, contact the Family Department at Cocks Lloyd Solicitors on 024 7664 2728 or email us at sol@cockslloyd.co.uk or visit our website cockslloydsolicitors.co.uk.