Every year, the first Monday of January is dubbed Divorce Day, when family lawyers brace for an avalanche of enquiries as couples who limped through Christmas finally call time. But what if that’s you

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TESS was the mother of three grown-up sons. So she had imagined a wedding in the family, and pictured herself there, many times. She had seen herself in a floaty chiffon dress, possibly in mint green,