The posting order arrives six weeks after the child arrangements were finally agreed, and the serving parent is going to Catterick, or Cyprus, or on a six-month tour. Family law solicitors in Salisbury draft arrangements with this in mind, because a child arrangements order that assumes both parents will stay within twenty miles of the Plain will not survive a military career. Orders are written with alternating school holidays, video contact on operations and a plan for what happens on relocation, and where a parent is posted abroad the questions become international.
The other distinctly local work comes from the same source. The Armed Forces Covenant means schools, housing and the council should not disadvantage service children, and a solicitor can hold them to it. Domestic abuse in a quarter brings welfare officers and the chain of command into a picture that is already hard, and non-molestation and occupation orders can be obtained from the family court at Salisbury Law Courts within days, with legal aid where the means test allows. Cohabiting couples, more common among younger service families than marriage, have none of a spouse's rights and should put a cohabitation agreement and declaration of trust in place when they buy.
Care proceedings are brought by Wiltshire Council, and parents are entitled to legal aid for them regardless of income. Most children disputes still go to mediation first, after the MIAM, the information meeting that precedes most applications. Fees: a fixed first appointment at many firms, hourly rates after, and forces discounts at some.
Family law firms serving Salisbury are listed below, verified ones first. Read what family law covers and the general family law solicitors guide, see divorce solicitors in Salisbury for the marriage, and the divorce process for what to expect.
