Child Arrangements Solicitor

Our child custody solicitors have a wealth of experience to best meet your family’s needs.

Arrangements For Children

We are experienced in negotiating arrangements for children after divorce or separation, including international divorce.

Our child custody solicitors can help ensure children continue to see both their parents and extended family members where it is safe to do so.

Our child arrangements solicitors have a wealth of experience to best meet your family’s needs.

Putting The Interests Of Children First

The welfare interest of your children must be paramount in any decisions, and if a dispute has to go to court, this will be the guiding principle.

When you go through a family breakdown, it is vital that you make good decisions for your children. There’s a lot to think about and plenty of potential for disagreement about what should happen.

Decisions about where your children should live and with whom (disputes about residence), or who they should see, how often, and for how long (disputes about contact) can provoke strong feelings.

As people become more mobile, there can also be disagreements when one parent wants to move away, either to somewhere else in the UK or abroad.

Parental Responsibility

Not everyone who may want to make major decisions about a child is legally entitled to do this.

Parental responsibility isn’t every parent’s automatic right, so you may need to apply to the court for it.

If an agreement cannot be reached, we can guide you through that process.

Our child custody solicitors can also advise you if you are a stepparent or other relative looking to acquire parental responsibility for the children you are looking after (see also special guardianship).

If you share parental responsibility with someone else, you can make some decisions alone (though it is usually best to consult with the other parent and try to agree).

Some decisions have to be made jointly. This includes any decisions to move abroad or to change a child’s name.

We can advise you about shared parental responsibility and how this works. Where disputes cannot be reduced, the court has to decide.

Family Disputes

If you are involved in a family dispute about a child, we can advise and represent you.

We can also help with mediation and other dispute resolution methods that can help you reach good agreements without going to court.

If there are serious allegations of domestic abuse, then this will affect how any disputes about your child are dealt with, and you will need specialist family advice. Our team is well-equipped to help.

There may even be an extreme situation where one parent has abducted a child, and emergency action is needed. We can give immediate advice if child abduction is possible or has already happened.

Our child arrangements solicitors can also help if social services become involved and have a large team of experts in advising in these cases.

Funding Your Case

Where Legal Aid is not available, we can quote you a competitive price for our work. Click here to find out more.