Family Law Advice UK

Collaborative divorce settles a separation in face-to-face meetings, each of you advised by your own solicitor throughout — with one rule that changes everything:…

A disappointed beneficiary is someone who should have inherited and did not — because a will was drafted too slowly, executed badly, or made…

Most estates pass without argument, and the ones that do not tend to fail in predictable places: a will that can be misread, the…

You must be 18 to marry in England and Wales — parental consent no longer creates any exception — while Scotland allows marriage at…

The adoption requirements in the UK ask two things of you: are you eligible, and can you satisfy the assessment that follows? The eligibility…

Child maintenance is the regular financial contribution the parent who does not live with a child day to day makes towards the child’s living…

A Part 25 application asks the family court for permission to rely on expert evidence — a business valuer, a pension actuary, a psychologist,…

A parent’s drink or drug use only decides a children case when it affects their parenting. Courts distinguish past use from present risk, and…

When the local authority becomes involved with your children, the process runs on two sections of the Children Act 1989: section 17, support for…

Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but the law around it is old and awkward: agreements are unenforceable, the surrogate is the legal mother…

Where the children live after separation — and how much they see the other parent — is decided by agreement where possible and by…

When separated parents live in different countries — or one wants to — children’s arrangements gain an international layer: consent for travel, permission for…