Divorce or the breakdown of a relationship is a painful time for all concerned. Our team of Family Law Solicitors in Brighton will make it just that little bit easier for you.
Family Law Solicitors in Brighton & Hove
Family law advice is about relationships, their formation, duration and breakdown, such as divorce, about child arrangements and financial provision for children, and about family financial disputes. At Edward Harte our family law solicitors who are based in central Brighton offer mediation and collaborative law as well as court-based processes for resolving family disputes. We are conveniently located for access to the Brighton Family Court.
Partnership Breakdown and Divorce
Our family law solicitors recognise that breaking up with someone is one of the most traumatic life experiences you can have. We assist in making the process of divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships much more bearable and less stressful for you. For those who do not wish to divorce we can assist with the process of judicial separation and preparation of separation agreements.
Family Financial Matters
Family law includes resolving financial issues, including property, life assurance policies, savings, pensions and maintenance, which will need to be apportioned, distributed or split between you.
Our aim is to minimise conflict and maximise a satisfactory resolution for you in an approachable and friendly manner.
Family finances may involve the preparation of post and pre-nuptial agreements, which we can draft and advise upon.
Our family law solicitors also provide advice and assistance in circumstances where no reasonable financial provision has been made for a surviving spouse or partner or a dependant child.
Family Law and Children
Our family law solicitors take very special care to protect every client’s child in the event of family crises and relationship breakdowns.
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Every case is as individual as you are and we take a particular interest in helping to create the best solution for residence and contact for your family.
Family Law Act Injunctions
Family law solicitors also help obtain or defend injunction proceedings, which most often arise from attempts by one party to exclude the other from a shared home due to, for example, alleged threats or actual violence.
Family law and Cohabiting Couples
Family law is different for cohabiting couples and our specialist team can provide advice and assistance in relation to jointly owned assets and your rights and obligations.
An alternative approach to finding solutions for the family as a whole following the breakup of a marriage, civil partnership or relationship…
Collaborative Law
Collaborative law is a new and increasingly popular approach to resolving relationship disputes without having to go to court.
Although collaborative law, including mediation, is not for everyone and is only one of a range of options when facing relationship disputes, breakup or separation, many families prefer an approach which:
- encourages parties to share their hopes, expectations and fears, with everyone working together to agree the shape of their futures
- involves lawyers so advice can be given in a way designed to give a better chance of finding better solutions for the family as a whole
- gives an ethical approach which is not so much about winning but a common search for fair and equitable solutions
- allows frank and open discussions, dispersing unresolved emotions like distrust, bitterness or anger
Benefits of the collaborative law process over the traditional include:
- the conventional approach can often further damage an already fractured relationship, while the collaborative process is designed to help everyone communicate better, not only at the time of breakup but in the future
- collaborative mediation is not normally part of separation/divorce procedure
- collaborative lawyers are specially trained and skilled to find solutions rather than encourage an entrenched and positional approach
For more information about the family law advice and family mediation, collaborative law and whether you think this could work for you then please contact Jack Taylor on 01273 662750 email us.
