Picking up the Pieces: Marriage and Divorce Two Years after Information Provision

This report contains findings after research and data on the value of providing information on the help and support available for married and divorcing couples. Researchers at the Newcastle Centre for Family Studies followed up people over a 30-month period who had participated in pilot information meetings when their relationships were in danger of breaking down. The research addressed a number of key themes that bear on the initiatives currently being taken forward in support of the principles underlying the Family Law Act 1996: saving marriages; promoting conciliatory divorce; and encouraging positive relationships between children and parents who separate.