If you are looking for family law advice in Fleet, our skilled solicitors can find a solution that prioritises you and your loved ones’ wellbeing and comfort. We recognise how important family is and will endeavour to support you during this difficult time, proactively preventing escalation or lasting impact.
At BakerLaw, our expert team can guide you through all manner of family law issues, from child law and holiday arrangements to divorce and pensions.
Our family law solicitors in Fleet understand how crucial it is to have legal safeguards in place for you and your family to thrive and function harmoniously. We deal with all of the paperwork and formalities so that you can get the most out of your family law service without stress or unmanageable time commitment.
Our services include the following:
- Armed forces divorce
- Children law
- Civil partnerships
- Cohabitation
- Collaborative law
- Divorce
- Divorce and pensions
- Family mediation
- Finances on divorce
- Holiday arrangements
- Maintenance payments
- Prenuptial agreements
- Separation agreements and separation deeds
- Unmarried couples disputes
Our Family Law Team in Fleet understand the sensitivity that family law matters should be treated with. We fully commit to our clients’ needs and work diligently to identify the best solution for the situation. No matter how complex or emotionally volatile matters are, we will act with discretion in mind and your comfort as our priority.
You can contact your local BakerLaw office or email us at family.dept@baker-law.co.uk.
Our expertise in family law
Armed forces divorce
The impact that a divorce can have on armed forces personnel, veterans, active service individuals, and their spouses should always be carefully considered. Considerations must also be made for important matters such as military pensions, service housing, and overseas postings.
At BakerLaw, our family solicitors provide expert insight into armed forces divorces and how service-related benefits can affect financial settlements and child arrangements, ensuring that any entitlements are protected and accurately valued.
We also assist our clients in navigating the potential challenges that deployments, jurisdiction issues, and security restrictions may have on the process. Whether you are initiating the divorce or responding to it, our legal support can provide essential security to you and your family.
Children law
Children law covers a wide variety of legal issues relating to children and their welfare, such as living arrangements, parental responsibility, and contact with parents. Our child law solicitors in Fleet provide a service that supports parents, guardians, and extended family looking to secure a child’s best interests.
We can help individuals looking to reach an agreement by facilitating respectful, non-confrontational conversations where both parties can work together. We ensure that your interests are protected, and relationships preserved, finding ways to minimise cost and time commitment to all those involved.
Civil partnerships
Civil partnerships are an ideal arrangement for many couples who aren’t looking for a traditional marriage. Our civil partnership solicitors can help couples looking to enter into or dissolve their civil partnership, including all of the legal formations and dissolution processes.
Many matters need to be considered at the start or end of a civil partnership, such as property, finances, and children. BakerLaw’s advice ensures that you understand your rights and responsibilities.
Cohabitation
Cohabitation refers to couples who live together without being married or in a civil partnership. Unlike married couples, cohabiting partners do not automatically have legal rights, which is where our family law solicitors in Fleet can assist.
We can draft a cohabitation agreement, clarify the ownership of assets and property, manage financial and parenting issues, and address any specific disputes you are facing. Wherever possible, we will resolve these disputes outside of court to minimise time and expenses.
Where necessary we will represent you in court, ensuring that you have the legal protection required to prevent further costly misunderstandings. Whether you are separating or looking to establish boundaries, we can help you.
Collaborative law
Collaborative law provides separating couples a cooperative alternative to court proceedings. It is ideal for resolving matters such as finances or child arrangements in a respectful, non-confrontational way that leaves the final decision in your hands.
BakerLaw’s family solicitors in Fleet can guide you through the collaborative law process, protecting your interests and providing tailored legal advice.
Divorce
The divorce process is stressful for most couples and can be further complicated by matters such as finances, property, and child arrangements. Our divorce solicitors in Fleet provide a service that offers clarity and closure to divorcing couples.
We can oversee the entire process, from filling the divorce application to negotiating settlements and drafting a consent order. We will move matters forward at a speed you are comfortable with and ensure that you understand each step of the process, minimising conflict and delay.
Divorce and pensions
Pensions can be one of the most valuable assets in a marriage, and often complicate and delay matters. Our family solicitors can help you to understand pension rights, obtain accurate valuations, and ensure fair sharing through pension sharing or offsetting.
If you’re concerned about losing finances or planning for retirement, our legal service ensures that your pension assets are properly accounted for and secured. We regularly liaise with actuaries and financial advisors in order to secure comprehensive settlements.
Family mediation
Family mediation offers a structured way for couples to resolve issues around separation, finances, or children without court intervention. Couples who want to stay in control of their financial decisions often find this service productive.
Mediation is usually quicker, less expensive, and not as stressful as litigation, providing a means for many separating couples to stay in control of the final outcome.
Finances on divorce
Financial divisions are often complex and involve many factors like property, savings, pensions, and debts. Separating couples are strongly advised to get a financial settlement as the process allows you to identify and value assets, negotiate terms, and prepare legally binding financial orders.
Whether you are looking to divorce everything equally or have a more nuanced arrangement in mind, our family law solicitors in Fleet can ensure that any decisions are fair and enforceable.
Holiday arrangements
Holiday arrangements determine how and when children spend time with each parent during festive periods and school breaks. Our family solicitors in Fleet can help you create clear, child-focused agreements, including for travelling abroad, or, where needed, help you to apply for a court order such as a Specific Issue Order.
We can also assist with drafting letters of authority to ensure you can take your children abroad with the other parent’s written consent, or other parties can do so with your consent, and vice versa.
Maintenance payments
Maintenance payments are intended to support former spouses or children after separation through regular instalments of financial provisions. BakerLaw family solicitors in Fleet can help you to understand your entitlement or obligations, negotiate on terms, and apply to the court where needed.
Whether you’re receiving or paying support, legal advice ensures that the arrangement is fair and sustainable. We regularly advise on changing or enforcing existing maintenance orders where life circumstances change.
Prenuptial agreements
A prenuptial agreement, sometimes called a prenup, sets out the division of assets if a couple divorces. For individuals or couples with significant wealth, a family business, children from a previous relationship, or an inheritance, a prenuptial agreement offers peace of mind and security.
Our family law solicitors in Fleet can draft or review an agreement that protects your interests whilst complying with the legal requirements. Each party should receive independent advice to ensure that the agreement is fair, and we can help make sure that your agreement will stand up in court.
Separation agreements and separation deeds
A separation agreement, sometimes called a separation deed, establishes the terms that you and your partner have agreed on after deciding to live separately. Whilst it does not officially end your marriage or partnership in the same way that a divorce or civil partnership dissolution does, it provides security and clarity for how assets, finances, and other matters will be managed.
Our family law solicitors can draft and review your agreement, providing clear legal advice tailored to your needs, and ensuring that you understand your rights and obligations. We can negotiate on specific terms and protect your financial position, both in the present and for the future.
Unmarried couples disputes
When unmarried couples separate, they are not afforded the same legal rights as married couples. Due to this, it is quite common for disputes to arise over property, children, and finances.
BakerLaw’s family solicitors can help determine ownership of property and assets, assist with child arrangements, and navigate financial contributions. Where needed we will help you through the court process, we’ll ensure that matters such as our shared home, savings, or parenting obligations are fairly handled.
Contact our expert family law solicitors in Fleet
Our Family Law Team understand the sensitivity that family law matters should be treated with.
You can ring our family law solicitors on 01252 733770 , contact your local BakerLaw office or email us at family.dept@baker-law.co.uk.