Family Law

In family law files most people ask not how long the process will take or how it works, but what will happen to the child's arrangements and to the assets left from the shared household. These two questions run separately from the divorce itself and often outlast it.

The divorce and its consequences are separate calculations

In an uncontested divorce the protocol agreed between the parties is subject to review by the court, and its binding force is limited where the child is concerned. In contested proceedings the question of fault affects not only the divorce decision but also claims for compensation and maintenance. How the file is to be conducted is therefore assessed according to the available evidence before the parties' willingness to settle.

Liquidation of the matrimonial property regime is a calculation in itself

Liquidation of the property regime between spouses is a separate proceeding with its own calculation. The distinction between acquired and personal property, the date the asset was acquired, the source of the payment and, where applicable, who serviced the loan are each examined. The land registry record alone does not determine the outcome of this calculation.

The principal matters we handle in this field:

• Uncontested and contested divorce proceedings
• Assessment of custody, personal contact and maintenance claims
• Liquidation of the property regime and participation claim calculations
• Applications for interim and protection orders
• Family law files with a foreign element

Because every decision in a family law file directly changes the parties' daily arrangements, we conduct these matters with attention to privacy and to the child's situation.