{"id":34964,"date":"2022-04-05T12:48:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nfm.org.uk\/?p=34964"},"modified":"2022-04-05T12:48:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T11:48:20","slug":"mediation-charity-braces-itself-ahead-of-no-fault-divorce-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nfm.org.uk\/mediation-charity-braces-itself-ahead-of-no-fault-divorce-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediation charity braces itself ahead of ‘No-Fault’ divorce surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Family dispute specialists who are part of the country\u2019s largest network of family mediators are preparing for what is expected to be its busiest month ever, as couples who have held back from getting divorced finally file as \u2018No-Fault\u2019 comes into force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the charity National Family Mediation (NFM), it is already receiving calls from couples looking to get the mediation process underway, ahead of the launch of the new online divorce portal on April 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help manage the surge, and to keep the pressure off the family courts which continue to face a significant backlog of cases – a problem which has been made worse by the pandemic \u2013 the Government has now announced the extension of its Mediation Voucher Scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n