Family Law | Divorce & Finances (Ancillary Relief)

A family breakdown can be a difficult and distressing time with lots of questions and uncertainty about what to do and the matrimonial finances. Where a marriage or a civil partnership has come to an end, we can help you through the legal process of the divorce or dissolution, providing expert advice in respect of drafting or answering a divorce petition, the statement of arrangements for any children of the family, returning the acknowledgement of service, dealing with the costs of the divorce, consent orders and explaining the steps to obtaining your decree nisi and decree absolute.

The financial settlement, or ancillary relief, can also be dealt with alongside the divorce proceedings. We can assist you with making the financial arrangements both during the legal process and after the divorce is granted.

We can represent you in connection with obtaining and providing full financial disclosure, look at different ways to share out the assets of the marriage, including the matrimonial home, the mortgage, pension sharing, maintenance for you and for the children and sharing savings and investments. We pride ourselves on giving clear explanations of the options open to you throughout the process. We can enter into non confrontational discussions to try to resolve matters with a minimum of hostility and cost, but will also represent you in the event that matters proceed to court.

We can also help same sex couples who are separating and assist with the dissolution of their civil partnerships and resolve financial issues.

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