Friday the 21st March 2008 is Wikivorce's first birthday. It seems a lot longer to us on the Wikivorce team, but it is just one year ago today that the website was launched. A lot has happened in our first year, we have come a long, long way. We are very proud that Wikivorce is now the leading divorce website in the UK (based on Alexa ranking and traffic), and that we just recently welcomed our 10,000th member.

But, most importantly of all, we are very happy to have been able to help so many people at a time in their lives when they needed help.

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Wikivorce is a social networking site for people in the UK contemplating or going through divorce.

The site was launched in March 2007 and has grown rapidly to become the leading UK divorce site with over 1000 visitors per day and the highest Alexa ranking in its market.

The website (www.wikivorce.com) offers a wide range of features including: a step by step divorce guide, a divorce forum, chat rooms and a unique divorce maintenance calculator.

One of the most interesting aspects of the site are the Divorce Blogs, with over 100 bloggers publishing the stories of their daily life during their divorce.

Ian Rispin, the founder of Wikivorce commented “Today is a significant milestone in the evolution of Wikivorce. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the caring members in our community who put so much time and energy into supporting others who are struggling during a very difficult period in their lives. I am hugely proud of the Wikivorce community and am delighted that it has helped so many people.”

It looks bad, and it probably won't save money. A District Judge on the disadvantages of representing yourself in court.

There has been a lot of comment on the decision by Heather Mills to represent herself in the matrimonial financial proceedings against her estranged husband, Sir Paul McCartney. It is most unusual in a significant case involving such large sums. However, in more modest cases in which the availability of legal aid is limited, the family courts are seeing it happen with more frequency. But it remains a risky strategy.