The Question Is

This is a new section in which I try to answer the strange and the mystifying in Family Law.  I am open to anyone sending questions in but to begin with, I have come up with some of my own.

First up comes a question arising from an exchange I recently had with my son.  Wearing a rather fetching outfit of blue trousers and red top but worried if it was a tad outré, I asked him what he thought of it.  “You look like Mario” he replied helpfully.  “Is that a good thing?” I replied in genuine ignorance of gaming-related references. “Yes” was the answer.  I smiled.  “…if you want to look like a fat Italian plumber.

This leads to my question.

Question: Can you divorce your child?

Answer: No.  Like taking a dubious bottle of home-brew to a party, you made him – you can’t give him away.

Later that same weekend, my brother also decided to comment upon my attire.  “When did you get kicked in the arse by a horse?” he asked, referencing the designer logo on my trousers.  I peevishly muttered something about taking lessons in sartorial elegance from someone in casual slacks and a Freemans catalogue shirt.

Question: Can you divorce a brother?

Answer: No.  A brother is for life not just for Christmas (my parents lied to me about that one)

At the time of writing, I am sitting feeling off-colour.  My husband announced his entry into the room with a sentence rhyming with knit and starting with “You look…”

Question: Can you divorce a husband?

Answer: Possibly not.  The case of Jones v Jones is currently going through the legal system, testing how little you can get away with when citing conduct issues in a divorce petition.  Watch this blog space…