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Financial Settlement in Divorce or Partnership Dissolution: Nelson & Burnley
Whether you are married or in a civil partnership the range of financial orders available on the breakdown of your relationship is the same.
They include:-
- Payment of a lump sum
- Transfer/sale of property
- Payment of spousal maintenance
- Creation or variation of settlements
- Pension sharing
- Child maintenance
Very often a financial settlement can be reached without the need to involve the court and this is what we aim to achieve for you as involving the court simply serves to delay final resolution of financial issues, it can increase your costs and ultimately shrink the matrimonial pot for division.
We provide specialist advice on dealing with settlement of financial issues. This advice is particularly enhanced due to one of our solicitors having previously practiced as a chartered accountant for 15 years with one of the top global accountancy firms and having specialist accreditation in dealing with financial issues for low to middle income cases.
It is important to remember that the law in this area is flexible and there are no rigid rules to be followed in determining how assets are to be divided. This means that assets are not necessarily divided equally at the end of a marriage or civil partnership.
In some cases it may be necessary to involve the court in order to protect matrimonial assets, arrange interim maintenance or force the other party to deal with financial issues.
If this is the case then we will advise you accordingly.
