Ease the heartbreak

At the beginning of Covid-19, there were predictions that the number of divorces would spike as couples found being forced to spend more time together would deepen any relationship cracks. To date this hasn’t happened, although solicitor Fiona Reid, from Reid Family Lawyers, says there has been a spike in inquiries from people who have decided their marriage or de facto relationship has come to an end – probably double the number compared with the same time last year.

“The reason largely for the spike is that financial pressure is one of the big death knells for relationships. The isolation combined with home schooling and the pressures that brought – it highlighted the cracks