There is no such thing as an average family. Every family is different and legal issues will differ from one family to the next.

Whether we are advising upon pre-nuptial agreements for single-sex couples or the division of business assets for a wealthy household with teenage children, there will be factors setting your particular family apart from all others.

There can be no conveyor-belt system for dealing with divorce or dissolution of Civil Partnership.

The Family Team at Sanders Witherspoon will treat you as an individual and can help you with timely and appropriate advice.

While some situations are encountered fairly frequently within families, others crop up only very occasionally. The lawyers at Sanders Witherspoon have the breadth of legal knowledge and experience to enable even the most unforeseen situations to be addressed from a position of strength.

Our Family Team’s specialist areas include:

• Pre-nuptial Agreements – legal contracts made before you get together
• Post-nuptial Agreements – legal contracts made upon separation but without going to court
• Business Divorces – company directorships, shareholdings, limited companies, working capital for partnerships
• High Value Property Disputes – millionaires and their mansions, their yachts and their Trust Accounts
• Unmarried property claims – resisting or making claims against property that you either have a share in or not, known legally as Trust of Land & Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 Applications or as TOLATA claims
• Pensions – at one time a niche area of law, but nowadays a financial headache for almost every divorcing couple
• Disabled children – special provision needs to be made for children and adults with special needs
• Snatched children – fighting for their return, including repatriation of children taken overseas
• Moving abroad with children – ensuring that children can be relocated with a single parent or resisting an application for the removal of a child from the Jurisdiction.
• Civil Partnerships – the first civil ceremonies were romantic occasions, but here come the first separations.
• Special Guardianship Orders and Applications – ensuring the provision of legal protection and care for children without making an application for Adoption.
• Injunctions – Without Notice (ex parte) or On Notice to the other party, Non Molestation Orders, Occupation Orders, Prohibited Steps Orders, Specific Issue Orders, Forced Marriage Injunctions.