Family Law Services
With offices across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, including Lincoln, Grimsby and Hull, our professional and caring solicitors can help.
Family Law Solicitors
The breakdown of a relationship is never easy. Here at Bridge McFarland LLP, we can guide you through resolving all issues arising from this.
Our divorce and family law solicitors can help you decide what is right – about your future, your children, and your finances.
Family Solicitors Lincolnshire
We can help you with family law matters and disputes, providing advice and assistance on all aspects of divorce and separation, resolving children or financial issues, as well as pre-marital agreements, child abduction and agreements for couples who live together outside of marriage.
Our Family Law services
- Divorce and Separation (including Civil Partnership Dissolution)
- Child Law and Child Arrangements
- Financial Matters
- Co Habitation Agreements
- Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
We can also offer a Collaborative Law service to resolve matters using Alternative Dispute Resolution rather than the Court Process.
However, if you believe these alternative ways forward are not for you, then we can advise and assist in the Court process for resolving matters on your behalf.
Our family and divorce law solicitors can help clients across Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire with easy-to-access offices in Lincoln and Grimsby. Every case is unique, and our specialist family lawyers will be able to advise you at the outset of your case as to the most appropriate way forward for you.
Get in touch with our Family Lawyers today
Need advice about divorce or separation? Contact any of our offices today or call 0800 987 8800.
Other Legal Services
We can also provide specialist legal advice on other areas of law that may be relevant when dealing with a divorce or separation, such as Wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney, Estate Management, and Conveyancing.
Family Law Frequently Asked Questions
No, we are only able to act for one party in the proceedings.
No, financial issues are not resolved automatically, but it is something that we recommend you look into at the time of the divorce/civil partnership dissolution, and we can provide advice about that.
A divorce or civil partnership dissolution will generally take between 5 and 7 months. This however may not be the case if there are complicating factors that need to be taken into consideration, for example personal service of papers, or where one party is out of the country.
A simple divorce/civil partnership dissolution will generally cost around £600 (excluding VAT) plus court fees which are presently £612. The costs will increase if there are issues relating to children or financial matters.
They can have persuasive legal status, as long as certain steps have been taken and there have been no significant alterations to either party’s circumstances.
Yes, you can apply for a Judicial Separation, which is the same procedure as for divorce/dissolution petition, and enables you to resolve financial issues, with you still remaining married/in a civil partnership at the end, or if terms are agreed they can be embodied in a Separation Agreement.
This will depend on whether there are children of the relationship, and what assets have been accrued jointly between the two of you.
When considering financial matters, there are a variety of factors that need to be taken into account, such as length of relationship, children and contributions.
The general rule of thumb is that with a long relationship, the starting point will be a 50/50 split of assets, and with a short relationship the parties will be put back into the position they were in prior to the marriage. We would stress that this is not the case all of the time, and each case revolves on its own merits and facts. To enable us to advise you fully we would need financial disclosure from both parties.
There is only one ground for divorce and that is irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. Only one party has to be satisfied there has been an irretrievable breakdown and it is no longer the case that there has to be a specific reason.
Collaborative law is where both parties instruct their own individual collaborative lawyer to deal with matters on their behalf.
Matters are dealt with by way of face to face four way meetings, so that each party has the benefit of support and legal advice from their solicitor all the time. The parties will sign an agreement with their lawyers at the start of the process, confirming that they will all work to resolving the issue without the need for Court proceedings and prevents the solicitors from representing either party at Court. This is to prove to the parties that the solicitors are committed in resolving the issues on behalf of their clients.
Mediation is the opportunity for you and your spouse/civil partner to meet together with an independent Mediator who will not advise either of you on the legal issues but will assist you both in trying to reach a settlement.
Parental Responsibility is defined as all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and their property. In reality, it gives the parent responsibility for taking all the important decisions in the child’s life, including education, religion and medical care.
If you are the absent parent, the view of the Court is that it is the child(ren)’s right to have as full a relationship as possible with both parents so long as there is no risk of harm to the child, whether physical or emotional.
If the divorce/civil partnership dissolution is straight forward there is usually no need to attend Court, however, Court appointments can be listed if there additional factors such as financial or children matters.
Family Law Services
Divorce & Civil Partnership Dissolution
Finances on Divorce and Separation
Co-habitation
Childcare & Children Solicitors
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Family Law Services
Divorce & Civil Partnership Dissolution
Finances on Divorce and Separation
Co-habitation
Childcare & Children Solicitors
Prenuptial & Pre-partnership Agreements
Family Law Services
Divorce & Civil Partnership Dissolution
Finances on Divorce & Separation
Co-habition
Childcare & Children Solicitors
Pre-nuptial &
Pre-partnership Agreements
Our Family Services Team
Our Family Law Team
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