Family Law
Child Arrangements Solicitors in Brighton
When you’re separating from your partner and you have children together, making child arrangements can be one of the most difficult and emotional challenges you’ll face.
Family Law
Compassionate Support for Child Arrangements Orders
When you’re separating from your partner and you have children together, making child arrangements can be one of the most difficult and emotional challenges you’ll face. A Child Arrangements Order can help you formalise these arrangements in a way that puts your children’s welfare first while protecting your relationship with them. It is also a way of reducing tension and arguments with the other parent, if you have an agreement in place for each parent to follow.
Our child arrangement order solicitors are here to help, no matter the circumstances; whether everything is amicable with your child or children’s other parent, or if there are a lot of disagreements and you aren’t getting along.
Our Brighton-based family law solicitors understand how important your children are to you. We’re here to help you reach arrangements that work for your family, whether through negotiation, mediation, or court proceedings. We’ll support you every step of the way with clear legal advice, practical solutions, and compassionate representation. We are child law solicitors you can trust.
We can help whether
- Arrangements with the other parent are amicable
- There are significant disagreements between parents
- You need to formalise existing informal arrangements
- The other parent is preventing you from seeing the children
- You need to vary an existing Child Arrangements Order
- There are safeguarding or welfare concerns
The Law
What Is a Child Arrangements Order?
A Child Arrangements Order is a court order under the Children Act 1989 that decides:
- Who the child will live with (this used to be called a 'residence order')
- When the child will spend time with each parent (this used to be called a 'contact order')
A child arrangement order is a legally binding document once approved by the court. This can stop arguments between parents regarding the child or children’s contact arrangements as each parent must follow the court order, and it also provides stability for the parents by knowing when they will spend time with their child or children.
You may need a Child Arrangements Order if
- You and your ex-partner can't agree on where the children will live
- You can't agree on how much time the children will spend with each parent
- Your ex-partner is preventing you from seeing the children
- You want to formalise arrangements already in place
- There are concerns about the children's welfare
Our Support
How We Can Help
Our solicitors will support you through every stage of the process. From your first contact with our firm, you will be met with support, dedication to your case, and transparency regarding how your case will be handled and progressed.
Throughout your case, we will listen to your concerns, advise you on your options clearly, and work to reach the best outcome for you and your children. We have extensive knowledge of what the court considers when making child arrangements, allowing us to fully advise you and prepare your case.
Throughout your case, we will
- Listen to your concerns and intentions
- Advise you on the merit of your case and your options, clearly
- Provide you with a transparent breakdown of the costs
- Keep you updated throughout as to the latest position
- Assist with negotiation and correspondence with the other party
- Discuss alternative methods to court resolution
- Draft consent orders and/or agreements to settle cases
- Represent you at court if proceedings are necessary