Family Law
The Family Courts deal with
- Disputes between parents over the upbringing of children
- Decrees of divorce and dissolving civil partnerships
- Property adjustment and financial orders following divorce or relationship breakdown
- Domestic violence
- Adoption and local authority intervention to protect children
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Free Legal Information
Domestic violence
Separation agreements
What You should expect from your Lawyer
Consent Orders
Dividing Property Yourself on Divorce
Financial Settlements on Divorce
Prohibited Steps & Specific Issues Orders
Residence Orders for Children
Children’s contact with absent parent
The wishes of the child
Special Guardians
Children and Grandparents
Child Alienation
The second wife and financial orders
The measure of maintenance
The firm principle
Child Arrangement Orders
Should you keep lawyers out of divorce?
Resolving child disputes between parents
Divorce and dissolving civil partnerships
The Family Court
‘Free’ legal advice
Restraining Orders. The Facts.
Co-respondent to a divorce petition?
Court etiquette and how to behave in court
Divorce mistakes
Should you go for a DIY Divorce
Moving away with the children
Separated but not divorced – types of separation
Tips for an amicable divorce
Varying spousal maintenance orders
Lost decree absolute
Is no fault divorce on the horizon?
Freezing Orders
The Family Business on Divorce
Special Guardians
Severing a Joint Tenancy
Matrimonial Home Rights
Defending a Divorce
Dealing with your partner on breakup
Barder Appeals
Occupation Orders Where There Is No Violence
Cohabitees and jointly owned property
The wishes of the child
Restrictions on making Applications
Paternity Testing
Parenting Plans
McKenzie Friends
How adoption works
Appointing a Guardian
Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Order
Parental Responsibility
Child Maintenance
Children’s Guardians
Enforcing child arrangements orders
Changing a child’s name
Care Proceedings
When Should You Show Your Hand
Varying and Setting Aside Matrimonial Orders
The Family Pets on Divorce
Taking and copying documents
Personal Injury Awards and Divorce
Nullity of Marriage
Matrimonial Claims and Inheritance
Living together: steps to protect yourself
Hidden Assets and Divorce
Family Mediation
Expats and Divorce
Divorce and the Second Wife (or Husband)
Collaborative Divorce
Changing your name on divorce
Bankruptcy and Divorce
Maintenance Pending Suit
Spousal Maintenance
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Children in the Family Court
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Divorce Law and Procedure
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Mediation, Not Litigation
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Represent Yourself in Court
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Making a Parenting Agreement
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Divorce without Court
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Domestic Violence
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Consent Orders
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Separation Agreement
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Removing a Child from England and Wales
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Changing a child’s name
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Parental Responsibility and Parental Responsibility Agreement
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Registering a Matrimonial Home Rights Charge
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Severing a Joint Tenancy
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Application to vary spousal maintenance
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Application to freeze matrimonial assets
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Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders
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Application for Maintenance Pending Suit
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Orders for Sale of Jointly Owned Property
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