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Fair Shares and the Financial Reality of the ‘Everyday’ Divorce

Fair Shares and the Financial Reality of the ‘Everyday’ Divorce

Introduction The Fair Shares research study provides the first nationally representative picture of the financial arrangements made by divorcing couples in England and Wales. While approximately 100,000 couples divorce each year, of these only around one-third leave the marriage with a court order in relation to finances, with the
Professor Emma Hitchings | Bristol University, Caroline Bryson, Professor Gillian Douglas