Practice Areas
PRIVATE CHILDREN
- Child Arrangement Orders
Deciding where a child lives and how contact time is structured, including change of residence, relocation (within the UK or abroad), and permission for foreign travel.
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- Prohibited Steps Orders
Preventing a parent from taking certain actions without the court's permission, such as removing the child from your care, changing schools, relocating, or taking a child abroad, including where this is a risk of child abduction.
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- Specific Issues Orders
Resolving a specific dispute about a child's upbringing or welfare, such as a change of name, choice of school, medical treatment, or any other discrete disagreement between parents.
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- Enforcement Proceedings
Enforcing an existing child arrangements order where a parent has breached the terms without reasonable excuse.​​​​
FINANCES UPON DIVORCE
- Property Adjustment Orders
Dealing with the family home or other property, including transfer, sale, or deferred sale to allow a child to remain in the home until 18 or another trigger event.
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- Lump Sum Payments
Requiring one party to pay a capital sum to the other, either as a single payment or by instalments, often to 'buy out' an interest in the family home. ​
- Spousal & Child Maintenance
Interim and/or ongoing financial support from one spouse to the other and/or the child, for example when CMS payments are not being sufficiently met. ​
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- Pension Sharing Orders
Division or off-setting pension assets.
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- Clean Break Orders
Bringing financial claims between spouses to an end, preventing future claims.​​​​​​​​
INJUNCTIONS &
PROTECTION
- Non-Molestation Orders
To protect you or your children from harassment, intimidation, threats, or any other type of abuse from your co-parent and/or another connect person.
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- Occupation Orders
Orders to regulate who can live in the family home, including exclusion of a parent where necessary. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Everything else family related...
This list is not exhaustive and
I welcome enquiries in relation
to any family law matter.
CONTACT
Enquiries regarding legal advice or case representation may be directed to:
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Mobile Number: 07956 550 302
Email: lily@barristerbrett.co.uk