Family Law Firms Newcastle

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How Can Family Law Firms, Newcastle, Help?

Our family law solicitors in Newcastle act for anyone in need of family law advice, including married couples, civil partners, separating couples, parents, and grandparents. Just a few of our areas of expertise include the following:

• Divorce

Our family lawyers, Newcastle, routinely assist couples in navigating the legal issues arising from the breakdown of their marriage. We firmly believe in taking a constructive approach to divorce matters, so our clients can focus on rebuilding their lives instead of fighting stressful, expensive legal battles. To that end, we’ll explore alternative dispute resolution methods, such as mediation, which can achieve excellent results in the right cases.

• Child Arrangements

Some of the most stressful issues that arise from the breakdown of a marriage or civil partnership are what should happen to the children. Issues such as where the children should live, how they should split their time, and how much maintenance the non-resident parent should pay can stir up intense emotions and significantly exacerbate the strain of your divorce.

As one of the leading family law firms in Newcastle, we have helped countless parents resolve child arrangement issues. We understand how difficult it can be to face this aspect of your separation, and we will guide and support you through the process with care and empathy. Your child’s best interests will be our main priority, and we will do everything in our power to negotiate an arrangement that suits everyone involved.

• Financial Settlements

Our family law team have vast experience in resolving the financial aspects of divorce and civil partnership dissolution. While there is no ‘one rule fits all’ when it comes to dividing a couple’s assets following the breakdown of their relationship, our experience enables us to know what would be fair and reasonable in any given case, and we will work tirelessly to ensure you receive everything you are entitled to.

• Prenuptial Agreements

Prenuptial Agreements have increased significantly in popularity in recent times, partly due to the increase in second marriages and blended families. Prenuptial Agreements enable people with children from previous relationships to ringfence assets for the benefit of those children in the event their new marriage breaks down. More generally, they allow a couple to decide how their assets should be divided while they have clear heads and can make rational decisions, thereby reducing the likelihood of hard-fought court proceedings in the event of divorce when emotions are running high.

• Cohabitation Agreements

More and more couples are deciding against marriage or civil partnership, choosing instead to simply live together. Unfortunately, these couples do not enjoy the same legal rights as those in a marriage or civil partnership. As a result, if their relationship ends, they can find themselves in the unenviable position of having no entitlement to a share in key assets, such as their home.

Cohabitation Agreements offer a quick, cost-efficient way of addressing this lack of legal protection by enabling the parties to state how their assets should be divided in the event of a relationship breakdown.

• Cohabitation Disputes

As we have mentioned above, cohabitees enjoy limited legal protection if their relationship ends. For example, unlike married couples and civil partners, a person who shares a home owned solely by their partner has no automatic right to remain living there or to a share in the equity.

If you have a Cohabitation Agreement in place, our family lawyers, Newcastle, will enforce the terms of that agreement against your ex-partner to ensure you receive everything previously agreed to. If no such agreement exists, you may still be able to claim a share in your ex-partner’s property, but claims of this nature are notoriously complex and rely on extensive evidence. We will assess your situation and advise on your legal position in this regard. If we believe your claim has merit, we will prepare the strongest case possible to present to your ex-partner and, if necessary, the Judge.

What Makes Us One Of The Best Family Law Firms, Newcastle?

We understand that our family law clients often need not only an exceptional legal team but also emotional support. We pride ourselves on offering first-class legal advice with a personal touch. Noted by clients as being ‘friendly’ and ‘helpful’, when you choose us to help you with your family law issues, you can be sure of receiving the legal advice you need from a team of approachable family law solicitors who genuinely care about your case and want to see you achieve the very best outcome.