Children - Private Law, Child Arrangements including Special Guardianships

Your relationship with your child is really important.

It is important for the parents of children (whether or not they are married) to have a positive relationship with their children particularly where they are separated. Contact between the absent parent and the children enables this to be done and can be agreed without the involvement of a court.  It would only be necessary for an order to be made if it is considered better for the children.

Rather than make you read lengthy documents on this site we’d rather you access the facts and discuss your individual circumstances immediately.  So if you are worried about contact with your children and would like a free half hour discussion with us to find out where you stand, the issues you need to consider and the fees we would charge if you were to pursue matters – feel free to contact us direct.

CAFCASS have recently introduced new Practice Policies for domestic abuse, setting out starting points for contact as seen below: