Grandparents & Step-Parents Solicitors

Grandparents & step-parents

While grandparents and step-parents can be heavily involved in children’s upbringing, they do not automatically have the same automatic responsibilities as biological parents. If you are a grandparent or step-parent seeking the care of, or contact with a child or children, knowing your rights and seeking the correct legal advice is vital.

At Owen White Catlin, we appreciate the importance of the role that grandparents and step-parents have in a child’s life and will use our years of experience to ensure that you are able to reach the outcome you desire regarding care or contact. We know how hard it can be if contact with an important part of your life is restricted or stopped, and we will robustly pursue your case determinedly to seek an outcome that is in your and the child’s best interests.

Our family law solicitors will offer:

Guidance on obtaining child arrangement orders

Guidance on special guardianship orders

Help with adoption

Help dealing with Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) if needed when applying for orders

These types of disputes don’t have to be fought in the courts. We are members of Resolution, and as part of our commitment to supporting our clients, we encourage less confrontational routes to resolution than the court can provide.

Alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, offers a quicker, more cost-effective, and constructive way of agreeing on future arrangements. This is particularly helpful where children are involved. We offer mediation and our mediators are registered with both Resolution and the Family Mediation Council.

We pride ourselves on being transparent and clear on our fees which means you’ll know exactly what your costs will be.

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James Kiely

Partner

James can help with divorce and civil partnership dissolution, financial matters involving divorce, dissolution, the separation of unmarried couples, children matters, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, cohabitation agreements, and family mediation.

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Catherine Snowdon

Partner

Catherine can help with family law and child arrangements, cases relating to sexual and fabricated sexual abuse, non-accidental injuries, cases involving domestic violence, mental health difficulties, drug and alcohol abuse and neglect.

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Laura Nokes

Senior Associate

Laura can help with private children law matters, particularly ones involving domestic abuse and drug and alcohol abuse. She also oversees divorce and financial remedy proceedings and resolves matters for unmarried couples/cohabitees.

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Carolyn Nathanson

Associate Solicitor

Carolyn can help with divorce and the dissolution of civil partnerships, finances related to divorce and dissolution, private child law and cohabitation and separation agreements.

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Claudene Howell

Associate

Claudene can assist with all aspects of private family law, including divorce, financial and child matters, and nuptial agreements.

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Nikita Patel

Associate

Nikita can help with care proceedings, pre-care proceedings, special guardianships, adoption, private children matters, and non-molestation and occupation orders.

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Tia Oxlade

Solicitor

Tia can help with divorce and separation, cohabitation, childcare, mediation, domestic abuse, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and finance, pension and property arrangements.

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Luckshi Easwarakumar

Paralegal

Luckshi is a paralegal in the Family Law department who can help you with your family law needs.

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Shashi Jaulimsing

Senior Associate

Shashi can help you with family law needs, including representing children, parents and extended family members, private children law cases, non-molestation and occupation orders, and representing clients in matrimonial matters.

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