Family Solicitors in Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury is a hilltop market town in North Dorset. If it is safe, mediation can help separating couples reach an agreement, and a consent order can then make it binding and enforceable. Family and divorce solicitors in Shaftesbury explain the Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) that is generally required before a court application. They also handle divorce, civil partnership dissolution and financial settlements involving the family home, pensions and maintenance. They can help parents settle arrangements for the children, advise unmarried partners on property disputes, prepare prenuptial and cohabitation agreements and act quickly to obtain a non-molestation or occupation order.

Divorce, financial remedy, child arrangements and domestic abuse cases from Shaftesbury may be heard at Bournemouth and Poole County Court and Family Court on Deansleigh Road.

Central Dorset Citizens Advice runs an outreach at Shaftesbury Library on Bell Street, where people can drop in for free advice. Anyone affected by domestic abuse can get confidential support and safety planning from Dorset Council’s commissioned service.