Supporting families across Derbyshire with family law matters
Stowe Family Law’s Chesterfield team comprises highly experienced family lawyers assisting clients across Derbyshire in navigating family law issues, including divorce settlements, collaborative law, and cohabitation.
Under the leadership of Managing Partner Christopher Birch, our skilled and compassionate family lawyers are committed to providing clients in Chesterfield with the best possible legal advice and representation.
Clients across Derbyshire can trust in Stowe’s family solicitors to provide clarity and peace of mind, whether they are looking to reach financial agreements as a result of divorce, obtain a cohabitation agreement, or reach an agreement via collaborative law.
Different ways to deal with divorce settlements
The team in Chesterfield supports families across Derbyshire to reach amicable divorce settlements.
Our family lawyers in Chesterfield are experienced in a range of approaches, starting with direct negotiations between couples, solicitors negotiations, mediation, collaborative law, arbitration, and in a very small number of cases, the family court.
A popular method for divorce settlements in Chesterfield is collaborative law. Valued for its directness and capacity to aid communication, collaborative family law is a very effective method of alternative dispute resolution, and is used by many of our clients who cannot agree on divorce settlements between themselves.
Division of assets
In order to suit the unique demands of each party, our divorce lawyers in Derbyshire may assist clients in achieving a just division of assets that reflects their particular circumstances.
The distribution of assets will be determined using a number of factors, such as whether or not the assets are of non-matrimonial origin. For instance, money that was inherited or accumulated before marriage or after a definitive divorce decree was obtained. The goal of distributing financial assets is to accommodate each party's individual needs.
The agreement reached on the division of assets must be made formal, whether it was achieved through direct communication with your ex-spouse, mediation, or legal negotiation. Our divorce lawyers in Chesterfield can draft a financial consent order to make the division of assets legally binding.
Cohabitation rights
One of the cases handled by Chesterfield's team of family lawyers featured an unmarried couple who had been living together in Derbyshire for a number of years, both had children from previous relationships, and had decided to purchase a home together.
Without the same legal protection as married couples, our client's worries centered 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 clients' needs, our Chesterfield team was also able to create a deed of trust to formally document how they intended property to be split in the event of separation.
The cohabitation agreement helped our client to avoid future disputes and to improve their financial certainty.
Get in touch with Stowe Family Law Chesterfield today
Stowe Family Law is the largest specialist family law firm in the UK.
The Chesterfield office in Derbyshire is one of the firm's 80 nationwide locations with Maria Coster, Charlotte Gannon, and the rest of the team offering dedicated legal support to individuals and families going through family law concerns such as divorce financial settlements, identifying cohabitation rights, and division of matrimonial assets.
Whether you are beginning family law proceedings to resolve your divorce, or looking for a family lawyer who can support you with divorce finances or child arrangements, the family solicitors at Stowe Family Law's Chesterfield office can help you.
Our team in Chesterfield are located in Northern Gateway Enterprise Centre. For clients travelling by rail, the office is just a 10-minute walk away from Chesterfield Train Station. If you’re travelling by car, the office is centrally located in Chesterfield and parking is available on-site in the building car park.
Get in touch via email using [email protected] or phone us on 01246 939011. Our phone lines are open from 8:30am – 7pm, Monday to Friday and 9am – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday.
