Cambridge Family Law Practice

Divorce is the formal process that brings a marriage to an end. Civil partnership dissolution is the equivalent for couples in a civil partnership. Usually, this can be done entirely on paper. You will not be required to attend court in most cases.
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When a marriage or civil partnership comes to an end, it is important to obtain a final financial order from the court to settle your financial claims against each other. This can be done either by consent, if its terms are agreed between you, or in court proceedings where a judge will decide.
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Parents who do not live together sometimes find it difficult to agree where and with whom the children should live, how often and in what way they should see the parent they do not live with, or matters relating to schooling, travelling abroad or medical treatment.
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A pre-marital agreement, or “pre-nup”, is an agreement made between two people who intend to marry. It can set out what the parties intend will happen to each other’s property and assets on marriage, during the course of the marriage, and in the event of divorce.
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Those who are subjected to violence, threats of violence, control, abuse or harassment in the family (or in respect of a former partner) are entitled to ask the courts to protect them. This can lead to non-molestation (anti-harassment) orders and orders regulating who can live in the family home. Such orders can also have implications for arrangements for children.
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Couples who live together but do not marry or form a civil partnership do not currently have access to any specific legal provisions arising from their cohabiting relationship to help them sort out their money and property when they separate.
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Families are increasingly living mobile lifestyles in a variety of jurisdictions around the globe. It is important to know whether children are being moved from one country to another with a parent legitimately or whether they are being abducted or unlawfully retained.
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Surrogacy is an arrangement between one or more people who wish to parent a child and a person who agrees to carry and give birth to that child.
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When children become seriously ill an NHS Trust may suggest that further treatment is futile and seek agreement from the parents that life sustaining treatment should cease to be administered.
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