Name: Shentons

Description: Any problems affecting the family are likely to be stressful, whether it is separation, divorce, disputes over children or the involvement of Social Services.

Members of our Family Law Department appreciate the difficulties, having between them many years of experience in this type of work and aim to deal with problems sympathetically, promptly and with the minimum of acrimony.

All members of the Department belong to the Resolution (previously Solicitors Family Law Association), who embrace these principles in their code of practice. We also have lawyers who are members of the Law Society's Personal Injury and Family Panels.

As members of Resolution, we are committed to establishing the best may forward for individual clients to resolve their difficulties and offer a number of alternative processes such as negotiated settlement, mediation and collaborative law.

We conduct a half-hour fixed fee interview for ?10.00 inclusive of VAT.

There are a number of ways in which an unhappy or unsatisfactory marriage can be brought to a conclusion and the method chosen depends on a number of factors:

Annulment - this is the least common way. It has the advantage that proceedings can be commenced at any time after the marriage - there is no waiting period. However the grounds are extremely limited and it is very unusual to be able to bring the circumstances of a marriage within the legal requirements.

Separation - although it is not strictly necessary to have a legal document evidencing the fact that parties have separated, it can be beneficial, both to act as evidence and also to identify the issues which need to be agreed. A Separation Agreement can contain whatever information the parties feel they need to record as having been agreed, but of course by it's very nature the terms have to be agreed between the parties.

Divorce - it is only possible to present a Divorce Petition one year and one day after the marriage.

Category: Hampshire

Url: http://www.shentons.co.uk/

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