Relationship Breakdown & Divorce
- Divorce and judicial separation (proceedings in the Family Division of the High Court or Magistrates’ Court)
- Dissolution of civil partnerships
- Nullity of marriage or civil partnership
- Separation agreements
Financial & Property Matters
- Financial remedy proceedings (formerly ancillary relief) — division of matrimonial assets, property, savings, pensions
- Pension sharing and pension attachment orders
- Maintenance — spousal maintenance and periodical payments
- Enforcement of financial orders
- Nuptial agreements — pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements (drafted with appropriate legal advice as to their weight before the courts)
Children Matters
- Child arrangements orders — residence and contact (applying under the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995)
- Parental responsibility — applications to acquire or restrict
- Prohibited steps and specific issue orders
- Relocation applications — internal and international
- Child abduction — Hague Convention proceedings and wardship
Domestic Abuse & Protection
- Non-molestation orders
- Occupation orders
- Forced marriage protection orders
- Domestic violence injunctions and undertakings
Public Law Children
- Care proceedings — representing parents, guardians, or children in proceedings brought by the Health and Social Care Trust
- Adoption proceedings — including contested adoptions and placement orders
- Special guardianship orders
- Secure accommodation orders
Cohabitation
- Advice for unmarried couples on property rights under the law of trusts (distinct from matrimonial law, as Northern Ireland has no statutory cohabitation regime equivalent to Scotland’s)
- Cohabitation agreements
- TOLATA-equivalent property dispute advice
Other Services
- Surrogacy and fertility law advice
- Inheritance and dependency claims involving family members
- Mediation referrals and collaborative law
- Legal aid applications (subject to eligibility under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 as applied in Northern Ireland and the Access to Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2003)
Need assistance?
Please contact our office in order to see if we can assist you in the above, or any other matters. We offer a free initial consultation in some circumstances.