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Marriage and divorce

  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    FT Magazine
    The surprising benefits of marital rage

    How strong and difficult feelings might be used to strengthen intimacy rather than corrode it

  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour donor expects honour after backing party, wife claims

    Lawyers for Kate Vince tell court that Dale Vince is trying to finalise divorce in ‘haste’ to prevent her acquiring title

    Dale Vince, founder of energy company Ecotricity
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    How can I best divorce my abusive husband?

    I’m afraid he will put me through economic hell

  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    News in-depthIran
    Iran’s urban youth falling out of love with marriage

    Religious chiefs push for more weddings and more children to avert future population decline

    An Iranian woman shops for wedding dresses
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Designers give divorce jewellery a happy ever after

    Pieces from break-ups can be repurposed to signal a fresh start

    A woman with shoulder-length brunette hair, wearing a backless green dress, captured in a candid moment as she looks back
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Should I protect my business with a pre-nup?

    We plan to sell the company in around three years

  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
    OutlookChloe Cornish
    Abu Dhabi tries to take the bling out of weddings

    Modesty initiative offers a rare insight into the tensions between tradition and modernity

    Wedding in Dubai
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Can I pay our nanny through my business?

    She will be taking on occasional admin work for me

  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    State pension
    Widowed pensioners ‘could be owed thousands’ in UK state pension

    Former minister warns of new group hit by potential underpayments

    A state pension statement
  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Inheritance
    Have you suffered delays in obtaining probate?

    FT Money wants to hear readers’ experiences

    Last will and testament on a desk
  • Thursday, 18 July, 2024
    House & Home
    Is ‘birdnesting’ the answer for divorcing parents?

    The arrangement in which children of separated couples stay in the family home with one parent, before the other swaps in, is taking off

  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Lucy Warwick-Ching
    Can I change our house deeds?

    Due to my footballer husband’s income our house is listed in his sole name and I worry what could happen if we divorce

  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Will we need to pay tax on gifting our Swiss apartment?

    My wife and I would like to gift our flat to our children

  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Can I claim a bigger stake in the family business than I have inherited?

    I was promised I would inherit the company I’ve worked for decades for

  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    News in-depthPersonal Finance
    Pressure grows to reform cohabiting couples’ rights

    Many mistakenly believe they are in ‘common law’ marriages. Labour is among those advocating for change

  • Wednesday, 17 April, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    What should I consider when donating to charity?

    I would like to donate part of my salary every month

  • Wednesday, 20 March, 2024
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Do we have to repay loans to my in-laws?

    Unbeknown to me, my husband borrowed money from his parents to pay our mortgage

  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    News in-depthLGBT+
    Greece set to defy Orthodox tradition and legalise gay marriage

    Law backed by centre-right PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis will formalise same-sex unions and parenthood

    Yolanda Kalantzi and Georgia Ampatzidou with their 3-year-old son
  • Thursday, 1 February, 2024
    Personal Finance
    Should you sign a prenup?

    We’d like to speak to couples who have considered signing a prenuptial agreement or deed of trust

    1950s shot of a couple with a ‘Just Married’ banner on the back of their car
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    UK government set to drop forced mediation plan for separating couples

    Proposal for mandatory sessions in England and Wales to cut court delays scrapped after objections from dispute professionals

    A couple in therapy
  • Wednesday, 24 January, 2024
    ReviewHistory books
    Was Jane Austen telling the truth about love?

    An entertaining historical survey explores marriage and relationships of all kinds among Austen and her Regency contemporaries

  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    More: A Memoir of Open Marriage — the joy of extramarital sex

    Rather than rejecting monogamy outright, this thoughtful foray into free love asks if polyamory can enrich a couple’s relationship

    A topless woman face-down on a bed
  • Saturday, 30 December, 2023
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Four ways to sort out your financial life in 2024

    New year resolutions to revolutionise your relationship with money

  • Wednesday, 6 December, 2023
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    How much money can I give my grandchildren?

    I want to help them build up decent savings pots

    A montage of a grandparent holding their grandchild against a background of banknotes.
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    UK property
    Divorce: do the numbers still add up?

    High interest rates, battered asset valuations and job uncertainty add to trauma for splitting couples

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