Financial arrangements
Dealing with finances is one of the most important and potentially complex aspects of separation. Our solicitors will work alongside you to make financial arrangements that protect your current and future interests.
At Owen White Catlin, our team are specialists in handling financial arrangements during divorce, civil partnership dissolution, or separation. We work closely with clients to get into the details of income, property, investments, pensions, shares, and trusts, calling on the specialist knowledge of our network of actuaries, IFAs and accountants where necessary to ensure our clients are best supported and informed of their options.
We understand the challenges that often arise when it comes to negotiating your finances with your former partner. As such, we will be proactive, providing straightforward, practical and honest advice about your situation and options, ensuring you all have all the information you need to reach a positive and tailored outcome.
Our solicitors provide:
- Guidance on your financial rights during separation;
- Support in negotiating the division of finances for a settlement;
- Guidance on non-court dispute resolution;
- Help making a settlement legally binding with a consent order; and
- Advice and representation if court proceedings are necessary or have been started.
The reality of most relationships is that money and other assets are owned in different ways – some individually, some jointly. There may also be financial imbalances, with one person being the higher earner and the other contributing to family life in different ways. Each client’s circumstances are unique.
Whatever the situation, we provide expert legal knowledge and a determination to get the best possible outcome, whilst being sensitive to your situation and the way your separation is unfolding.
It is often possible to make financial arrangements without involving the court. We are members of Resolution, and as part of our commitment to helping clients achieve a ‘better’ divorce, we encourage less confrontational routes to resolution than the court can provide.
Alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation, will be considered and offers a quicker, more cost-effective and constructive way of agreeing arrangements for the future, which can be 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.
Talk to one of our family solicitors today
Please get in touch to discuss your case with a member of our family law team, or to schedule a consultation. Contact us using our online enquiry form, or call us directly on one of our office numbers. Our expert team of lawyers are ready to help.