Family Law

Family law, as the name suggests, deals with legal matters relating to a family and other domestic relations.

 This includes but is not limited to:

• marriages, civil unions and domestic partnerships (including antenuptial contracts)

• dissolution of marriages and similar relationships

• parental rights and responsibilities (including maintenance, care and contact)

• adoption

• paternity

• child protection proceedings

Family law services include:

• care and contact of children

• children’s rights

• cohabitation agreements

• divorces

• maintenance disputes

• parental rights and responsibilities

• ante-nuptial contracts (ANCs)/prenuptial agreements