Breaking up the right way

Family lawyers have urged separating couples to use theirservices to avoid acrimonious break-ups.

This Monday was named as the day on which the largest number ofcouples file for divorce - fuelled by the emotional and financialtensions of the Christmas break.

But the family law group Resolution says there is a more amicablealternative to bitter divorce battles.

John Brownrigg of city law firm Stone King, who is Resolution'sspokesman in Bath, said: "An estimated one in three marriages endsin divorce - a painful and often long-winded process withsignificant emotional and financial costs.

"Collaborative family law is a relatively new process that aimsto …