What You Need to Know About Good Divorce Week 2025: A Better Way Through Separation
What is Good Divorce Week?
Each year, the national campaign Good Divorce Week, run by Resolution — the UK’s community of family law professionals — highlights how separation and divorce can be managed in a constructive, respectful, and child-centred way.
This year (beginning 10 November 2025), the focus is on the Resolution Code of Practice — the principles guiding how family law practitioners help families navigate relationship breakdowns with dignity and care.
Why Does It Matter?
Separation is one of life’s most difficult transitions — emotionally, financially, and socially. Yet too often it becomes adversarial, combative, and damaging, especially when children are caught in the middle. This can seriously impact parents’ ability to co-parent effectively and make decisions in their children’s best interests.
Good Divorce Week brings into focus that:
- The way separation is handled can have long-term consequences for children’s wellbeing, parents’ futures, and financial stability.
- The family justice system faces significant pressures — delays, high costs, and emotional strain — making alternative resolution processes ever more important.
- Approaches and professional standards matter: the Code of Practice emphasises reducing conflict, focusing on children’s needs, and acting with honesty, integrity, and respect.
What Does a “Good Divorce” Look Like?
Every separation is unique, and emotions will always play a part. But a good divorce shares several key features:
1. Child-Focused Decision-Making
When children are involved, their long-term welfare must be at the centre of every decision. That means minimising conflict, maintaining meaningful relationships, and shielding them from adult disputes.
2. Constructive Professional Support
A good family law practitioner — whether a solicitor, mediator, or collaborative lawyer — follows good practice: giving clear, practical advice, avoiding aggressive rhetoric, and helping clients stay focused on the future, not just the immediate crisis.
3. Exploring Alternatives to Protracted Litigation
Good Divorce Week highlights the many routes available besides court battles — negotiation, mediation, collaborative law, arbitration, and early neutral evaluation. These methods are often faster, less costly, and far less damaging emotionally.
4. Planning for Life After Separation
Beyond dividing assets or arranging child contact, a good divorce helps both parties — and their children — move forward with stability, security, and confidence.
What’s New in Good Divorce Week 2025?
This year’s spotlight on the Code of Practice invites both professionals and clients to reflect on how they engage in separation and what approach truly serves their needs.
It also comes at a time when the court system is increasingly encouraging Non-Court Dispute Resolution (NCDR) — recognising that many families benefit from resolving issues outside the courtroom, where they can retain more control and privacy.
How You Can Use the Week as an Opportunity
If you are going through — or anticipating — a separation or divorce, Good Divorce Week offers a chance to pause and reflect:
- Have you sought early legal advice so you understand your rights and options?
- Are you working with a Resolution-accredited professional who follows the Code of Practice?
- Could mediation, collaborative law, or another NCDR process reduce conflict, cost, and delay in your case?
- When making decisions, are you thinking long-term about financial security, emotional wellbeing, and your children’s needs?
- Are you ready to frame your separation as a transition — not a battle?
Final Thoughts
With the right support, values, and planning, separation can become a new beginning — approached with dignity, clarity, and compassion.
Good Divorce Week 2025 is a timely reminder that a “good divorce” is not only possible, but worth striving for.
To learn more about Non-Court Dispute Resolution and explore how your separation could be managed more constructively with our expert help, book a Discovery Call today.
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