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Every year, more than 100,000 marriages in England and Wales end in divorce.

Going through a divorce or separation can be one of the most stressful times of anyone’s life, not only does it affect the relationship itself, but can also affect your family and children, your home and your finances.

Family law, whether it be divorce, separation, gaining access to your children or problems with an ex-partner, will affect many people at some point in their lives. Finding the answers to your situation and knowing what your legal rights are can be daunting. Our free legal advice can help answer some of those questions and help you decide what is right – personally, legally and financially – for you and your family.

Our family law experts can help you with a wide range of free legal advice covering:

  • Child arrangements
  • Child maintenance
  • Civil partnerships
  • Cohabitation agreements
  • Divorce, separation or dissolution
  • Financial settlements
  • Injunctions
  • Parental Responsibility
  • Pre-Nuptial Agreements

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What rights do grandparents have to see their grandchildren when they are no longer on friendly terms with the parents? We had a very loving relationship with our grandchildren and saw them several times a week but this stopped abruptly when we fell out with our son.

My fiancé and I are living in his flat at the moment but plan to buy a house before we are married. He says the easiest thing will be to transfer his present mortgage to the new house in his name. But what would be the position if we were ever to split up?

When I left a job two years ago my then employer gave me such a good reference that I put her name down when I replied to another job advertisement. But when the firm rang her she said I’d left under a cloud, which of course wasn’t true. Needless to say I didn’t get the job. Do I have any redress?

What’s the law on Blue Badge holders parking on double yellow lines? We were reported by the police for parking on a main road while visiting a car boot sale. My wife has difficulty walking and the car parks were full, but it was a quiet Sunday morning in a rural area and I don’t feel we were causing an obstruction.

Our flight to Portugal was delayed, so when we finally arrived the prepaid hire car was unavailable and we had to get a taxi to the hotel. This cost around £60. Who, if anybody, is responsible in these circumstances: the travel agent, the airline or the car hire company?

My manager at work is being completely unreasonable towards me. I don’t think he is actually doing anything illegal but it’s making life very difficult. What can I do apart from leave?

Is it right that if you apply for retrospective planning permission to the freeholder of your property they can charge you what they like?

I have worked in full-time employment for a company for 11 years. No-one has a contract of employment. We have three weeks’ summer holiday and a week at Christmas, plus bank holidays. Our boss says these are classed as part of our holiday allowance, and is non-negotiable. How do we stand on this matter?

Shortly before she died three years ago a friend told me she had left me something in her will. However I remarried and moved home twice, and my friend only had a cousin who didn’t know me, so I was never informed. Would I still be entitled to the money, and how would I go about finding out?

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