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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

The Legal and Financial Reality of Marriage and Divorce with Alex Hirst

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Alex Hirst, who is an associate solicitor specialising in family law and disputes in divorce, finances, children, and prenups. Alex discusses the practical and legal reality of marriage, including demystifying prenups and other financial concerns. She and Hannah talk about what makes a happy couple, Hannah learns that London is apparently the divorce capital of the world, and Alex gives out some tips and tricks to avoid having to hire a divorce lawyer for yourself.

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Alexandra Hirst is an associate solicitor at Boodle Hatfield who specialises in family law and disputes in divorce, finances, children, and prenups.
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0:00.0

If you open your Aero chocolate and find it's missing its delicious bubbles,

0:04.3

you could start a journal about why the universe is conspiring against you.

0:08.5

Or draw something dramatic to match your mood.

0:11.6

Or try the classic.

0:12.9

Scream into a pillow.

0:15.0

But what you should do is celebrate.

0:18.2

You've just found a bobblerless Aero and won a 10,000 pound cash prize. Buy an

0:23.2

aeros promotional pack tonight. And if you find it bubbleless, you'll win 10,000 pounds. 18 plus

0:29.0

teas and sees apply. If you were seeking to cite adultery as a fact leading to the breakdown of

0:36.1

your marriage, that would have to be a sort of issue for you.

0:38.6

So if you've lived in a polyamorous relationship,

0:42.0

you've accepted that adultery,

0:44.2

then you can't really then cite it as a reason for the breakdown of the marriage.

0:48.8

So, yeah, an adultery in a kind of legal sense is having sex with a member of the opposite sex.

0:53.8

Yeah, I read that because same sexsex relationships don't count as adultery legally.

0:59.0

Exactly. Yeah, so you can't have an affair with a member of the same-sit-sex and a site that as adultery.

1:10.4

Welcome to Doing It with me, Hannah Witten, where we talk all things, sex, relationships, dating and our bodies.

1:21.7

Hello, welcome back to doing it. Guess what? I'm getting married soon.

1:28.2

And so I thought it was only fitting to talk to a divorce lawyer.

1:33.7

How romantic.

1:35.3

Always good to keep your options open, people.

1:38.0

But in all seriousness, getting married soon has got me thinking about the actual practical reality of marriage. It is, after all,

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