Crellins Carter will provide all the help you need to fully understand the legal and other practical consequences of the breakdown of your relationship. We are experienced in both Judicial Separation proceedings and the preparation of Separation Agreements and will guide you through the options open to you.
There are 3 stages in obtaining a divorce:
- Commencing proceedings and issuing the divorce petition
- Finances and issues surrounding any matrimonial property
- Children and issues as to maintenance, contact, residence etc
Children, Wardship and appointment of Guardians
When a relationship breaks down children can get caught in the middle. Most couples are able to make arrangements which work very well without assistance from anyone else. If this is not possible, we can help with:
- Negotiating and agreeing contact & residence arrangements
- Disputes relating to leave or remove children from the jurisdiction
- Issue Applications, in relation to where a child should go to school
- Prohibited Steps Order: a court order preventing either parent from carrying out certain actions without the permission of the other parent.
- Obtaining Parental Responsibility Orders for a cohabitee who has not obtained parental responsibility.
- Applications for maintenance in cases where the maintenance sought is in excess of the full CSA maximum, due to affluence of the parents.
- Lump Sum Applications
- Application for Housing Provision
Financial Provision
Crellins Carter deal with all aspects of the financial arrangements involved when separating or divorcing for both married and cohabiting couples. These include:
- Property Adjustment Orders
- Lump Sum Orders
- Maintenance
- Injunction to stop dissipation of assets or movement of assets
- Enforcement of financial orders by way of Attachment of Earnings Order
- Judgement Summons
- Charging orders
Forms and Questionnaires:
Please download and complete the relevant forms and e-mail them to either:
Valerie Cooper at Valerie.Cooper@crellinscarter.co.uk or:
Samantha Mabey at Samantha.Mabey@crellinscarter.co.uk
before your appointment.
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Matrimonial Questionnaire
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Children Questionnaire (schedule 1 of children Act)
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Financial Provision for Children Questionnaire
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Fixed Fee Divorce Questionnaire
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Family Budget form
- Form E Online
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