A relationship dispute or breakdown can be a time of crisis when you need a trusted family solicitor who can understand your situation and offer effective Family Law information and advice.

What we can help you with:

• Separation, divorce and civil partnership dissolution
• Other relationship breakdown (such as cohabitation)
• Issues concerning children (such as residence and contact disputes and financial arrangements for children)
• Financial and Property disputes
• Inheritance Act claims
• Domestic violence injunctions
• Additional issues such as changing a Will after divorce or the dissolution of a civil partnership, changing a child’s name, transfer of property after a financial settlement on divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.

Why choose us?
At Whiteside & Knowles we will work with you to find a way to resolve the issues arising from your relationship breakdown. These can include decisions regarding residence and contact matters and the care of children, financial provision, maintanence and property arrangements, and the sharing of any pension benefits.

We can also advise you on claims made under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act where there is dispute over the estate of a former family member. (Click on Inheritance Claims for more information).

Our family solicitors Charles Wilson and Melanie Weeks will ensure that your matter is dealt with as sensitively and promptly as possible.

Collaborative Law

Charles Wilson is one of the leading family law solicitors in the Morecambe and Lancaster area, having over thirty years’ experience in matrimonial and divorce law and family disputes. He has acted in a wide range of relationship disputes, including complex financial and property matters where there were substantial assets and business interests.

Charles is a trained Mediator and a member of Resolution, the specialist family law group. He is the first family solicitor in Morecambe to qualify as a Collaborative Lawyer. This means that he is committed to the constructive resolution of family law disputes, and the best interests of any children. He can work with you, and your partner and your partner’s solicitor, to help resolve your family dispute.

What will happen?
If you instruct us to act in your family law matter we will give you clear information and advice and we will work together with you towards a legal solution for your problem. We can work in the traditional way involving negotiation and the Court process or through Collaborative Law or Mediation (Click on Mediation for further information).

How much will it cost?
Your relationship with your family solicitor is so important that we offer a free 20 minute consultation so that you can visit our office and meet our family law specialists before you decide to instruct us to deal with your family problem.

At your free consultation we will give you advice about funding, including an estimate of what the work might cost. We will also assess whether you may qualify for public funding (Legal Aid) in which case we can refer you to a family law Legal Aid supplier.

Contact Us
If you need advice about a family law matter and would like to arrange an initial consulation please contact Charles Wilson or Melanie Weeks on 01524 416315 or click here to complete our enquiry form and we will contact you.

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