Family Law Resources
Family law resources, in plain English
Guides from our family law team in Scunthorpe and Goole on divorce, money, children, prenups and living together. Find your situation below, or talk to us about your own circumstances in confidence.
What is your situation?
- Divorce and separation Starting a divorce, how long it takes, what it costs, and separating without divorcing. 7 pages
- Money and property Dividing money, property and pensions, and making the agreement legally binding. 3 pages
- Prenups and living together Protecting what you have before you marry or move in, and your rights if you are not married. 5 pages
- Children Where children live, time with each parent, grandparents, and social services involvement. 7 pages
- Domestic abuse Protection for you and your children if you are at risk. 2 pages
- Mediation and costs Resolving things without going to court, and what our family law services cost. 2 pages
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The questions we are asked most
GuideWhat is a prenup?When prenuptial agreements are upheld, what they should cover and how to put one in place.
GuideHow much does a divorce cost?The court fee, our fees and the things that affect the overall cost.
GuideHow long does a divorce take?The timetable under no-fault divorce, and what can make it longer.
Divorce and separation
Starting a divorce, how long it takes, what it costs, and separating without divorcing.
Our serviceDivorceHow divorce works, and how our family team supports you from the application to the final order.- GuideHow much does a divorce cost?The court fee, our fees and the things that affect the overall cost.
- GuideHow long does a divorce take?The timetable under no-fault divorce, and what can make it longer.
- GuideNo-fault divorceHow the 2022 reforms changed divorce, and applying together or on your own.
Our serviceSeparationSeparating without divorcing, and putting a separation agreement in place.
GuideThe Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020The law that introduced no-fault divorce, explained.
GuideDivorce applications at a ten-year highWhether no-fault divorce has made divorce easier.
Money and property
Dividing money, property and pensions, and making the agreement legally binding.
GuideDo you need a financial order when divorcing?Why a divorce alone does not end financial claims, and how a financial order does.
GuideDivorce and financial consent ordersTurning an agreement about money into a court order.
GuideWhat is a clean break order?Ending financial ties with your former partner for good.
Prenups and living together
Protecting what you have before you marry or move in, and your rights if you are not married.
- GuideWhat is a prenup?When prenuptial agreements are upheld, what they should cover and how to put one in place.
Our servicePrenuptial and cohabitation agreementsHow we draw up an agreement that protects you both.- Our serviceCohabitation solicitorsUnmarried and separating: the home, the children and cohabitation agreements.
- GuideCohabiting or married: your property rightsHow the law treats couples who live together compared with married couples.
GuideDoes common law marriage exist in the UK?Why living together does not give you the rights of a married couple.
Children
Where children live, time with each parent, grandparents, and social services involvement.
- Our serviceChild arrangementsWhere children live, contact and schooling when parents cannot agree.
GuideDo grandparents have a right to contact?What grandparents can do to keep seeing their grandchildren.
GuideThe law on school holiday contactPlanning holidays and time away when parents live apart.
GuideHow to co-parent effectivelyPractical ways to put the children first after you separate.
GuideContact at ChristmasAgreeing who the children spend Christmas with.
Our serviceSocial services and care proceedingsSupport for parents in child protection and care cases.
GuideThe transparency order in family lawWhat the family courts can and cannot report.
Domestic abuse
Protection for you and your children if you are at risk.
Mediation and costs
Resolving things without going to court, and what our family law services cost.
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