Top family lawyers in Chessington, Surrey

When a relationship breaks down, it will often greatly impact any children involved. Our family solicitors near Tolworth and Chessington can help you find solutions for childcare arrangements concerning where children will live on a day-to-day basis and who else they will spend time with, including when these arrangements should take place. It is much better if parents can agree on this amicably with solicitors helping them to negotiate terms.

Our child lawyers can also help negotiate around other issues, including financial matters relating to child maintenance, grandparents' involvement with children, adoption and surrogacy and other issues.

Our local family lawyers in Chessington can offer clear and pragmatic advice surrounding financial issues arising from divorce. This includes guidance on the appropriate division of assets, including the family home, savings, trusts, pensions, investments, etc. We can also offer advice about income and the level of maintenance for spouses and children.

We can help to draw up a financial settlement that is a legally binding decision on the division of wealth and assets.

Many people believe that if they are living together but not married, they can enjoy a ‘common law marriage’, where they enjoy the same rights as married couples. Unfortunately, this is not true.

Our family law practice in Chessington can help settle disputes around cohabitation issues. This can be related to issues surrounding property and any arrangements relating to children.

We can also help you draw up a cohabitation agreement to give couples greater certainty in the event of a relationship breakdown.

We understand that every relationship is different, and ending a civil partnership can have wide-ranging implications. Our team of family lawyers near Chessington can offer our clients expert advice and guidance around the dissolution of civil partnerships.

A civil partnership is a legal union between two people, giving them similar rights and responsibilities as married couples. It was introduced in 2004 for same-sex couples, and since 2019, heterosexual couples have been able to enter into a civil partnership. Dissolution is a legal process that is similar to divorce.

We can also offer advice around drafting pre-civil partnership agreements.

Our lawyers can advise clients about pre and postnuptial agreements in Chessington.  Our lawyers increasingly see the demand for these agreements as people look for certainty about what might happen if a relationship does not work out, particularly in cases where there are substantial assets.

Where there is domestic violence, harassment, or abuse, it may be necessary to pursue a non-molestation order. This may be linked to an occupation order requiring the perpetrator to leave the family home. Time is often a critical factor in these cases, so contact us now if you need the help of a lawyer near Chessington.