11 Aug 2020

Covid-19: Family lawyer waitlists grow as divorces skyrocket

From Morning Report, 7:13 am on 11 August 2020

Covid-19 is prompting couples to separate in numbers that family lawyers and mediators say they're struggling to keep up with.

Prospective divorcees wanting advice or legal intervention are being turned down, forced to either represent themselves in court, or sit on waitlists for weeks.

Katie Todd reports.