Family Law

• Initial 30 minute consultation free
• Divorce or separation including financial settlements
• Children Issues such as Contact, Residence, Prohibited Steps etc
• Collaborative Law
• Pre-Nuptial agreements
• Civil Partnership – agreements/breakdown
• Cohabitation – agreements/breakdown
• Other Family related issues such as Change of Name Deeds etc

We understand that it is very difficult to share your personal life and problems with others particularly during the difficult times faced when you are unhappy at home.  Our experience tells us that the last thing you wish to face is the formality often associated with Solicitors offices.  We endeavour to make your visits to the office as relaxed as possible and offer various less formal methods of communication to keep in touch with you such as email, text messages and of course telephone calls in place of the letters wherever possible.

We are a young modern company which prides itself in offering a personal and friendly service to our clients from the moment you arrive at our offices.

Our Family Law department is headed by Joanne Clowes, a local Legal Executive Advocate with 19 years experience helping clients to achieve a conclusion to their family related difficulties. Jo is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Advanced Financial Provision and Advocacy in Financial Provision cases and a Collaborative Lawyer.  Collaborative Law is a new way of resolving family disputes with dignity and respect.  Please visit www.staffscollaborativelaw.co.uk or www.resolution.org.uk for further information about Collaborative Law and its benefits. Jo has a wide range of experience in Family Law including complex agricultural divorce cases which is complimented by her knowledge of the farming business being from a local farming family herself.	Joanne Clowes
Contact Jo on 01538 388809 or 07816947131 - jclowes@uprights-solicitors.co.uk