Children
Children are at the centre of any family. The breakdown of a relationship can have profound effects on all family members, but particularly children. You may want advice about how to arrange your children’s time on separation (previously known as custody of children or residence), as well as other matters such as child maintenance , parental responsibility or schooling. As family lawyers, we give sensible pragmatic and sensitive legal advice about issues arising on separation that concern children.
As mediators, we support mediating parents in discussing arrangements for the family on separation. We assist mediating couples to discuss and explore agreeable solutions that work best for the children. We provide legal information but we do not give advice. We signpost to other professionals where desirable.
As collaborative lawyers, we work as a collaborative team with both clients and the other lawyer to discuss and agree the children’s arrangements.
Want to read more?
Read here for our blog on helping children cope with separation.
Read here to read more about what to do when you care for children and are separating.
Useful resources:
- relate
Help for children and young people
www.relate.org.uk - resolution
Advice pages for separating parents
www.resolution.org.uk - family lives
Support for anyone caring for children
www.familylives.org.uk - kids in the middle
A place for young people in separating families
www.kidsinthemiddle.org.uk - the parent connection
Parenting after parting
www.theparentconenction.org.uk - gingerbread
Support for single parents
www.gingerbread.org.uk - cambridge family mediation service
Counseling for children in Cambridge
www.cambridgefms.co.uk
Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries.