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Division of Assets

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Division of assets

Child arrangements and child contact

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Relocating child from Italy

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Moving to another country with children

 

Family law issues are often sensitive and can be difficult to address with your lawyer. At Stefani Solicitors, you can discuss private matters in your mother tongue. We have Italian Family Lawyers, Brazilian Family Lawyers, Spanish-speaking Family Lawyers and Urdu-speaking Family Lawyers. We are sensitive to your cultural needs.

How Are Assets Divided in a Divorce?

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S25 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 provides guidelines used by English and Welsh Courts when dealing with financial claims involving property, savings, pensions and maintenance of spouses.

 

Do you have dependent children under the age of 18? If so, this will have an impact on the court’s exercise of discretion in splitting matrimonial assets. In deciding how the court shall exercise its powers, the first consideration is to the welfare and needs of the dependent children. The court will also have regard to all circumstances of the case.

 

Given the Court’s ample discretion and there being no rigid rules, it will take into account various factors when considering the division of the matrimonial assets. The existence of pre-nuptial agreements or post-nuptial agreements – they are not legally binding but can assist in allowing the parties to regulate their financial affairs in the event of a divorce.

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