HopeHolm Family Law
As a family lawyer, I represent parents and separating couples at fact-finding hearings. There is a lot of confusion about what a fact-finding hearing is and whether you need one to help resolve a family law dispute. In this blog, I explain what a fact-finding hearing (also referred to as a finding-of-fact hearing) is and …
Although child arrangement orders have been around for a while many parents have not heard about them and what they do. Parents still think in terms of custody and contact for their children.Those terms are long gone although family law solicitors still refer to them as everyone knows what they mean. In this blog we …
Sometimes children lawyers, family court professionals and parents talk about parental alienation but what is parental alienation and what does it mean? Read on if you think that your children have been subject to parental alienation or you have been accused of parental alienation. The definition of parental alienation One senior family judge defined parental …
Are you thinking of moving abroad with your children after your separation or divorce? If so, don’t leave the UK with your children until you know how UK laws on child relocation overseas will affect you. Taking your children abroad to live after a separation or divorce If you want to take your children to …
Worried about child custody or contact? As an expert child custody and contact solicitor, I can help resolve where your child will live and the contact arrangements after a separation or divorce. If needed, I can apply to court for a child arrangement order to formalise child custody and contact arrangements. What is a child …
Ending a civil partnership is probably one of the most difficult decisions you will make. As a specialist family law solicitor, I can help you end your civil partnership and sort out any child custody and contact arrangements and your financial settlement. Ending a civil partnership Ending a civil partnership is a legal process that …
If parties cannot agree or compromise, and mediation fails following a divorce or separation. a CAO (child arrangement order) can be applied from the court to determine who the child lives with and what contact or time he or she will spend with the other parent. Child custody and contact arrangements often become a contentious …
