Family law
From new relationships to resolving conflicts
Whether you’re in the first throes of a blossoming relationship or facing the prospect of an unravelling marriage, it’s a good idea to get early legal advice to protect your interests, as well as those of your children, if you have them.
Compassionate, sensitive yet sensible guidance can help you see the wood for the trees and decide what’s really important to you. We can set you out on the next stage of your life with confidence, for example with a pre-nuptial agreement. Or we’ll support you through your difficult journey, if you’ve decided divorce is the only solution.
We’re committed to helping you find the best outcome. Sometimes this means mediation or the collaborative law process rather than resolving disputes through the courts.
Our service covers the full range of family law and related issues.
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Family law news
Moving in together or buying a home together? Protect yourself and your assets
Deborah Baker, Partner in the Family Department at Wollens gives some top tips on how to protect yourself financially if you are moving in with your partner or buying a house together for the first time. There is no such thing as a common law husband and wife so...
Family justice professionals at Wollens mark good divorce week 2020 with free advice sessions.
Family law professionals from Wollens are showing their support for Good Divorce Week 2020 by offering free advice sessions to families later this month. Good Divorce Week is an annual campaign that aims to promote practical and constructive ways for separating...
Child Arrangements During Lockdown 2.0
On 31 October 2020 the Prime Minister announced that the country would be moving from the newly introduced tier system to a full lockdown from Thursday 5 November until 2 December. This was due to a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases and the highest number of deaths...
Parenting Plans – Working together in the best interests of the children.
It is often extremely difficult for separating parents particularly at the start when each are attempting to carve out a new life for themselves. Often the issues that resulted in the breakup linger which all to readily provide the backdrop to their attempts to...
Virus transmission spike is matched by divorce advice spike
There are concerns that the latest spike in coronavirus transmissions may see more relationships taking a turn for the worse, after a surge in divorce enquiries following the nationwide lockdown.Back to school traditionally sees a peak in petitions for divorce, but...
London, UK, October, 2020 – ACQ5 announces the winners of the 2020 ACQ5 Awards.
The ACQ5 Awards, launched in 2005, were the first of their kind in the global legal / financial publishing industry. Wollens are delighted that Childcare expert Rachel Carter has been awarded the title of Childcare Lawyer of the Year 2020. “Experts whose intimate...
Wollens are delighted to welcome expert family law practitioner Sabina Smith who has joined the firm’s family legal team.
Sabina Smith, Family Law Consultant, Wollens. Sabina Smith joined Wollens in September 2020 and is based in our city centre office in Exeter, Sabina has a wealth of family law expertise. Having qualified as a solicitor in 1995 Sabina has spent her career working in...
What is a Prenuptial Agreement?
What is a Prenuptial Agreement and what does it do? It is an arrangement between a couple before they marry. Its aim is to regulate what happens a marriage breaks down and ends in divorce. If you are getting married, and you or your future spouse’s family have a...
New Year New Start for couples and civil partnerships
The New Year could herald in a new start for opposite-sex couples who want to legally seal their relationship without having to get married. Until now Civil Partnerships were only a legal union available to same-sex couples. But...
