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The Family Department deals with a wide variety of issues that derive from the relationships that subsist between spouses, partners, parents and children. As society has evolved over the years so the nature and legal status of these relationships has changed and the law has struggled, and continues to struggle, to keep pace with all these changes. Marriage, which for centuries has been the bedrock of the family unit, has been diminishing in status and now many more couples choose to cohabit rather than undertake marriage vows. Family breakdown is widespread and many children now live in homes where there is only one parent.
The breakdown of these relationships is a tragedy for the adults and children concerned and we at Camerons Jones seek to advise and apply the law as sensitively as possible. The emphasis of the family justice system is upon the need to divert disputes between parties away from the court system and to try to find alternative means of resolving those disputes by negotiation, agreement and mediation. We are committed to that approach. |
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We are able to offer advice and assistance in respect of the following areas:
Divorce and Separation
· Divorce proceedings to dissolve the marriage
· Separation Agreements in relation to spouses whose primary objective is to separate and regularise their affairs prior to any divorce proceedings
The financial consequences of Divorce and Separation
- Maintenance
- Division of assets and property
- Pension sharing and attachment
Disputes relating to children
- Residence, contact, prohibited steps and specific issue orders
- Child support and finance
- Public law cases, where children are removed from their parents by local authorities, who seek care or supervision orders in respect of them
Cohabitation
- Cohabitation agreements for couples choosing to live together rather than marry
- Separation Agreements when those relationships break down
- Division of assets and property
Domestic Violence
- Occupation and non-molestation orders
- Harassment and injunctions
- Powers of arrest
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We are also able to offer advice not only in relation to the breakdown of relationships but also in relation to their formation, for example with Pre-nuptial agreements, contracts between spouses in anticipation of marriage, which have not found much favour with the courts so far but which look more likely to in view of the way in which the law concerning the division of assets and property has developed and cohabitation or living together agreements in respect of couples planning to live together.
The Family Department is headed by Ian Lloyd, one of the three partners of the firm, who has many years experience of family law work and is a member of the Law Society’s Family Law Panel Advanced. He is assisted by Ms Hazel Keating, an Assistant Solicitor of many years experience in family law.
The Family Department is able to offer legal aid in family cases, for which you may be eligible. Please go to our FAQ's and key in legal aid in the search box. Alternatively please contact us to find out if you are eligible. |
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