Family Law
FAMILY LAW SOLICITORS LEICESTER & FAMILY LAW FIRM LEICESTER
Leicester Family Law Services
The reach of the law
The law affects families in many different ways. Whether you are getting divorced, are having disputes with other family members over inheritance or want to apply for a residence order to get custody of your children, family law plays a vital role in governing relationships within the family.
A different approach
Many people equate legal disputes with high-pressured, highly stressful court hearings where two sides with opinions at polar opposites argue you out their points, ultimately resulting in one party losing and other winning. Our approach to family law is different. Having families ourselves, we know that family issues can affect us quite personally. Leicester family solicitors emphasise a personal approach to family law issues. We aim to deal with your issue sensitively and where possible keep it out of court.
How Leicester solicitors can help
Our solicitors are highly experienced in family law and provide a comprehensive range of advice. We can help with
- Divorce and separation
- Drafting and negotiating separation agreements
- Resolving disputes over finances and matrimonial property
- Ancillary relief hearings
- Child custody, including custody and residence order applications
- Pre-nuptial agreements
- Wills and probate
- Inheritance disputes
- Resolving family disputes
- Lasting Powers of Attorney
A different approach to resolving disputes
Where possible, the law does not like to interfere in family disputes and as such court should be thought of the last step. We understand family disputes can be emotionally stressful and even heart breaking which is why we emphasise a different approach to resolving disputes. Mediation is an informal means of settling disputes where both parties to the dispute negotiate through a mediator to reach a settlement. The settlement can have legal affect. If you are getting separated, for example, you can agree on a separation agreement, so you do not have to go to court to resolve issues related to finances, who will live in the matrimonial home and where the children will live.
Pre-nuptial agreements – can they be used in the UK
One in three marriages now end in divorce. This fact has been recognised as contributing towards the general population’s increasing anxiety with regards to marriage as marriage rates drop and the average marrying age increases. The powers that be have become aware of this, and slowly but surely pre-nuptial agreements are being accepted by the legal community as having legal force. Pre-nuptial agreements will be legally valid where both parties to it have sought legal advice, there has been full financial disclosure and circumstances have not changed drastically.
If you are interested in using a pre-nuptial agreement, please get in touch right away.