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Children Arrangements Advice

Price: Fixed fee — confirmed after introductory fit check [TODO: publish price]

Children arrangements advice helps separating parents agree living arrangements, contact schedules, and shared decision-making, with joint legal advice from one lawyer focused on the children's welfare rather than an adversarial process.

Arrangements for children after separation work best when they’re built around the children, not around what either parent can secure. Joint advice keeps that framing intact.

Both of you hear the same legal guidance on living arrangements, contact schedules, and how decisions about schooling, health, and upbringing will be shared going forward — reducing the risk of the legal process itself becoming a source of conflict that affects the children.

Where safety concerns exist, or one parent won’t engage, this isn’t the appropriate route — see What If We Don’t Agree?.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will this go to court?

Not usually — the aim is to reach agreement without court involvement. Court is a last resort where agreement genuinely can't be reached. [TODO: confirm process for escalation to court if needed.]

What issues does this cover?

Living arrangements, contact schedules, and shared decisions like schooling and healthcare — the practical framework for co-parenting after separation.

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If we change our minds during the process and don't want to continue, what happens to any fees we have paid?
Our fees are paid stage-by-stage, which means you do not pay for stages you have not reached and can stop the process at any time. The £200 Introductory Session fee is non-refundable once used, since it covers those sessions specifically, but it's deducted from your total fee if you proceed further. There's also a 14-day cooling-off period at the start of instructing us, provided no work has been done in that window.
Is mediation cheaper than joint legal advice?
Often yes on a per-session basis, but mediation alone doesn't give you legal advice — you may still need a lawyer to make any agreement legally binding. Many couples find the combined cost of mediation plus an introductory Advice Session compares well against two separate solicitors. [TODO: confirm comparative figures with pricing team.]
Does the fixed fee include court fees?
No — court fees (such as the divorce application fee, or the fee for submitting a consent order) sit outside the fixed fee for advice and are paid separately, at the rates the court sets. [TODO: confirm current court fee figures and whether we display them, since these change independently of our pricing.]

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