Our guide to helping divorcing couples living abroad

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Charlotte Posnansky, a specialist family lawyer at Charles Russell, explains some of the possible legal implications for divorcing couples living abroad.

For many, the lure of a new and exciting lifestyle in France with a desire to exit the rat race in the UK proves to be too strong. However, the move does not always play out in the same way as the daydream, and pressures of life abroad can just as easily lead to the breakdown of a marriage as the pressures of life in the UK. Should the worst happen, a divorce in France may become all too real. While it has been hard to escape the headline grabbing figures in recent years which have led to the UK acquiring the reputation of being ‘the divorce capital of the world,’ the approach of the Fre...

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