The Observer view on divorce | Observer editorial

Family law must change with the timesThe former new-age traveller Dale Vince, aged 53 – founder of the green energy company Ecotricity – is a multimillionaire. His ex-wife, Kathleen Wyatt, mother of four – including Dane, her son by Vince – lives on benefits in a former council house. Last week the supreme court decided that Wyatt could go to the family court to pursue her claim for £1.9m in maintenance, almost a quarter of a century after the couple divorced, splitting nothing, as