Child Law

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Secure the best for your child’s future with our child law team. Our family lawyers provide expert legal advice for parents making decisions for their children.

When a relationship breaks down and children are involved there can be lots of difficult details to work through. Everyone wants what’s best for the wellbeing and future of their children and our child law team will help you reach an agreement that works for your family.

There are a number of things you may need to consider with the help of our family lawyers, including who makes decisions, where they live, and when a child sees each parent. We will answer all of your questions and provide constructive and pragmatic advice concerning your next steps.

Our team also has extensive experience dealing with family and child law situations where it is not possible to reach a suitable agreement. Our family lawyers will advise on alternatives such as mediation and court proceedings where necessary.

Led by Partner Kate Barton, our team of children lawyers can provide assistance and support across Devon and can be contacted via any one of our Torquay, Exeter and Plymouth offices. In each instance, we will always provide you with clear guidance and we receive regular feedback praising our personalised and tactful approach.

How our child law team can help you:

  • Work out practical arrangements such as which parent children should live with, when children will see each parent, and what rights grandparents have. In many of these instances, it may be necessary to create a Child Arrangement Order and formalise the agreements made. Our expert family lawyers have a vast range of knowledge related to these matters and will help you to create child arrangements designed to prioritise the well-being and happiness of your children.
  • Deal with the complexities arising from more unique living circumstances and situations, such as whether a child should be allowed to live in a different country, receive medical treatment, or attend a particular school.

Getting in touch:

To find out how we can help with any child law-related matters, please contact your local Kitson Boyce office:

  • Torquay – 01803 20 20 20
  • Exeter – 01392 45 55 55
  • Plymouth – 01752 60 30 40

Alternatively, you can email us at [email protected] or contact an individual member of our child law team below.

Send us an enquiry:

Send us your enquiry online by completing our online enquiry form. A member of our child law team will then get in touch directly to discuss your situation.

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Client testimonials:

“I can’t speak or put into words how highly I rate Kate Barton as a Family Lawyer and as a person. I understand Kate was only doing her job but I feel she went above and beyond when dealing with my case which meant a lot to me and my three beautiful children.”

Collated independently by the Legal 500 research team:

“My solicitor was efficient and answered all questions I had.”

“We found Kate Barton to be outstanding, very knowledgeable, and super efficient. Whenever we had any questions, they were always dealt with very efficiently and responded to immediately.”

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