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Child & Family Law Specialists
When a relationship breaks down, it is often the children involved that suffer the most. Making decisions on how best to help and look after them should, therefore, be the top priority of any couple planning to go their separate ways.
Wigster can help you find a solicitor who can advise you on parental rights, residence, child contact and making sure your children are provided for financially.
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If you’re splitting up, you will want to ensure that you protect your children from being upset and disturbed by the changes that will happen. Find out how best to approach the subject with them and get an overview of the arrangements you need to make with your ex-partner.
Telling your children that you are getting divorced or separating can be difficult. It helps to prepare what you are going to say and think about how you will deal with their reaction.
It’s always better if you can make arrangements for your children between you, without going to court. A good way to do this is to put together a Parenting Plan, whereby you agree on key day-to-day arrangements.
The vast majority of people manage to reach an agreement between themselves. But if you really can’t agree with your ex-partner about some of the arrangements, you can use a family mediator – an independent person trained to help.
Where agreement can’t be reached, then matters can be taken to court. However, going to court to finalise arrangements over children can be very stressful for everyone – including the children.
The court will always put the needs of the child or children first. But bear in mind that if you can’t agree at court a judge will have the final say – not you or your ex-partner.
So you should try and resolve things without going to court if it’s at all possible. Given the sensitive, delicate and emotional nature of such proceedings, specialist help in the form of a family/matrimonial lawyer is advisable.
The court order (or orders) you’ll need to apply for depends on what arrangements for your children you can’t agree on. These include:
- Contact Orders
- Residence Orders
- Specific Issue Orders
- Prohibited Steps Orders
- Parental Responsibility Orders
Maintenance to support children is usually agreed between parents or through the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC).But sometimes maintenance arrangements are decided by the courts as part of a divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership. (This is usually a part of a ‘consent order’). If these arrangements don’t work, the problems can be brought back to court.
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