In Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, the Stowe Family Law team of highly experienced family lawyers is available to support people dealing with family law issues, including child arrangements, division of property in divorce, and cohabitation agreements.
Led by Melanie Quinn, our skilled and compassionate family law team is committed to providing clients with the best possible legal advice and representation, highlighted by some case study examples below.
We are confident in our ability to support clients across Hertfordshire with a legal service that brings assurance and peace of mind, whether you are seeking to reach a child arrangement, establish the division of property on divorce, or want to put a cohabitation agreement in place.
Recently, the family law team in Berkhamsted represented a mother going through a divorce in a case involving child custody. Due to a breakdown in communication, she and her former spouse were unable to agree on child custody arrangements between themselves.
Our family lawyers assisted our client in successfully achieving a reciprocal resolution without the need for a court application, by drawing on their expertise in child law and first-rate negotiation skills they secured a child arrangements order for our client.
Re-defining the couple's arrangements for shared parental responsibility of the children with the support from a family lawyer helped our client to consider all possibilities and find a workable pathway that prioritised the best interests of the children.
The division of marital property as part of the broader divorce settlement is a common, and occasionally complicated, issue faced by the divorce lawyers in Hertfordshire, particularly when both parties want to stay in the family home.
Our family solicitors help clients fully establish the viability of all options for dividing their property during divorce. This is particularly helpful when couples are unable to agree on who should retain ownership of the family home, which is often the highest value asset in their divorce settlement.
Agreements can be reached through direct negotiation, with the aid of divorce mediation or other methods of alternative dispute resolution, or through the family courts.
One of the cases handled by Berkhamsted's family law firm involved an unmarried couple who had decided to purchase a home together. They had lived together for 3 years in a rented property with children from each other's previous relationships.
As unmarried couples who live together do not have the same legal protection as married couples, our client's worries centred on the financial security of the entire family in the event of a future separation.
In addition to creating a thorough cohabitation agreement that was specifically tailored to the needs of the clients and their family, our team was also able to create a deed of trust to formally document the division of property ownership.
Our family law team helped the clients set out what will happen to each person's financial investment in the property in the event of separation, to reduce any future disagreements and increase financial security for them and their children.
Stowe Family Law is the largest specialist family law firm in the UK with over 70 offices nationwide.
Our Berkhamsted team of family solicitors, including Senior Associate Natalie Nero, and Associate Gemma Windle, offer expert legal support to individuals and families dealing with matters such as divorce, property division and cohabitation.
So, if you need the best family law solicitors Berkhamsted has to offer, contact Stowe Family Law today, request a free call back or call us at 01442 497 018 - our lines are open 8:30am – 7pm, Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Our office can be found at Stowe Family Law LLP, Berkhamsted House, 121 High St, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ.
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