Children

We understand that your children are your first consideration. Your divorce or separation will be a difficult time for them.

It may be that you have been separated for some time already and the children have now become settled. However, issues may still arise with regard to the children that require your attention.

We can help you with regard to :-

1. who the children should live with
2. the arrangements for contact with the children
3. resolving any particular dispute with regard to the children, for example with regard to their education, health or religion
4. securing parental responsibility for an unmarried father
5. children maintenance
6. payment of school fees
7. child abduction
8. adoption
9. paternity disputes
10. appointing a guardian for your children upon your death
11. providing for your children in your Will
12. an application to take your children out of the country for a holiday or to live

We provide a sympathetic and understanding approach to these matters in order that they can be resolved as painlessly as possible for you and your children.

Where issues concerning your children cannot be resolved by agreement, we will be able to assist you to make an application to the Court or to respond to an application issued by the other party. We will be able to advise you at each step of the proceedings and represent you at Court.

On any application involving children’s issues, the Court must decide what is in the children’s best interests. When making this decision, the Court must have regard to the children’s welfare as the paramount consideration. The Court must also take into account a number of factors, which we can advise you about.

We can discuss with you the possibility of engaging the services of a mediator in order to assist in resolving matters concerning your children.