Description: Thring Townsend's family team is experienced in dealing with the consequences of such breakdowns in a sensitive, constructive and cost-effective way. Moreover, we maintain absolute discretion throughout, to protect our client's privacy, dignity and the interests of their children.

Our family team is nationally recognised and has extensive experience in dealing with all aspects of family problems. It has one of the largest dedicated teams in the region, with three partners and six other supporting lawyers, most of whom are members of the Law Society Family & Children Panels, accredited members of the Solicitors Family Law Association and some are also trained family mediators.

All team members offer in-depth experience of dealing with all matters arising from relationship breakdowns.

Not only can divorce be emotionally traumatic, but against this background, decisions have to be made that may affect the rest of your life. Knowing this, our family lawyers work closely with other lawyers across the firm to resolve the financial implications of your changed situation.

With the breakdown of a relationship, issues concerning children often become difficult and stressful. However, the risk of disturbance, distress and long-term harm to children of their parents separating is greatly reduced if the parents can reach an amicable agreement over residence and contact.

Thring Townsend's family lawyers have extensive experience of the possible disputes that arise when parents separate and divorce and will be on hand to guide you sensitively through these issues, to reach an amicable resolution. Sometimes this is achieved with the help of mediation or collaborative law techniques.

How the Court decides

As a fundamental principal, the Court will take the child's welfare as the paramount consideration. There are a number of factors that the Court will also take into account:
The wishes and feelings of the child concerned, in view of their age and understanding of the situation.
The child's physical, emotional and educational needs.
The likely effect on the child of any change in circumstances.
The child's age, sex, background and any other characteristic that the Court considers relevant.
Any harm which the child has suffered or is at risk of suffering.
How capable each of the child's parents and any other relevant person (according to the Court) are of meeting the child's needs.

Category: Wiltshire

Url: http://www.ttuk.com/

Date: 6 Mar 2006

Current Rating: 10.00

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