Who gets the cake?

January and February are the busiest times of the year for relationship counsellors. Funny that! After people often spend Christmas with the entire family and have the whole of the holiday period to think about new year resolutions it seems that many people decide to make the break early in the year.

Whenever it happens divorce is often so hard to deal with emotionally, that people can get caught out not paying attention to the important practicalities – like who moves out,  what do you get, and what about the kids?.  With a Bachelor in Economics   a Bachelor in Law and a Post Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning, Penelope Joye knows more than most. She writes

Are you divorced? Split from a long-term relationship? What do you wish you’d known back then? Anything you wish you’d done differently? And what warnings/advice would you have for others going through it?