Child Custody Advice
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It is fair to suggest that the breakdown of adult relationships can affect children badly. It is important to try to make any changes in children’s lives as smooth as possible.
This is where we come in. As family lawyers, with expertise in areas such as custody and child access rights, financial maintenance arrangements, child abduction in Scotland, the UK and internationally, we can help you sort out any issues you have in relation to child contact and residence.
“Residence” refers to where a child will live when their parents separate or divorce. “Contact”, as the name suggests, refers to specified contact that the parent without residence has with the child. Some families manage to be extremely flexible and do not require the input of the court. On the other hand, matters often become so fraught that some families need the court to set out specific dates and times for contact.
Given the importance of these issues, we suggest you seek our professional advice from our family lawyers who have expertise in child contact and access matters. We can help you through the legal process and we work to obtain the best result for everyone involved.
We may suggest mediation or family collaborative law, which are alternatives to the traditional legal ways of managing family disputes over cutody and acces to children. Our Family Law Team are specialists in mediation and collaborative ways of resolving disputes, and include members of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
We work with Mothers, Fathers, Step Parents and Grandparents regarding child custody advice.
Contact us:
Rhona Adams, Partner
Phone: 0131 247 1339
