Adoption and Surrogacy Lawyers
Adoption or surrogacy is a joyful milestone, but it’s vital to understand the legal considerations. Get expert support from our specialist lawyers to guide you through the process.
Families created by adoption or non-traditional routes, such as assisted reproduction, donor conception or surrogacy, can result in uncertainty about the legal position for those involved in so far as their legal status to the child is concerned. It is important that if you are planning to start a family via an alternative route, you seek expert advice prior to conception or starting the adoption process. Our top family lawyers have the in-depth expertise to guide you through these issues.
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Adoption
Adoption is a legal procedure that establishes an individual as a child's parent. Our family law solicitors are here to guide you through each step, ensuring all legal requirements are fulfilled while safeguarding your and your child's rights.
Surrogacy process
Surrogacy arrangements may be made in the UK abroad and can be complex. Our surrogacy solicitors can advise you at any stage, but we recommend that advice is sought prior to putting arrangements in hand.
We can assist with obtaining a parental order following surrogacy or an adoption order to secure your parental status.
Legal Parenthood and Parental Responsibility
Establishing legal parenthood impacts financial responsibility, inheritance, and nationality.
We can help you work out whether you or your partner has parental responsibility, how to obtain it, and the effect it will have on your family.
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The team provides an exceptional service of early, clear and realistic advice, very high attention to detail, considered and careful analysis of all realistic angles, and options to ensure that every step is taken at the appropriate time to ensure that the client's interests are best promoted and secured.
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The team offers a professional service. All of the members of the team I have dealt with have been knowledgeable and committed to getting the best result for the client.
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The care taken by the team is remarkable and reassuring for clients.
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An efficient team performing at a high level.
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A wonderful team who offer pragmatic advice whilst robustly defending the interests of their clients.
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Weightmans family law department is very dynamic. Being part of a larger firm means that they are able to draw on the expertise of other departments in the firm, which can be extremely helpful.
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Highly specialised family law team with a breadth of experience.
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The team at Weightmans is well known and respected in the family law market... They approach complex family law matters in a straightforward manner that is focused on resolution for their clients.
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The team is made up of extremely capable individuals dealing with complex and high-net-worth work. They are all technically very sound and work in a collaborative way with other lawyers.
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Weightmans have expanded hugely their family law capacity which is testament to their aspirations within this space... Experience, reputation and depth all add to the overall approach.
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The family team are totally focused on assisting clients to identify their immediate needs as well as helping them to gain clarity around the future. They take a family focused view and work on the assumption that court action should be avoided if at all possible by working collaboratively with other solicitors.
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The team provided fantastic communication and sound advice throughout the process. All possible outcomes and costs were set out at the beginning - they couldn’t have been more helpful.
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The team showed total professional attention to detail and gave me inspiration to continue even when things seemed unsurmountable.
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They couldn’t be more efficient and nothing is ever too much trouble for them.
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Clients get what they pay for at Weightmans in that the preparation is meticulous. They are so good at looking after the client and making sure that everything is where it needs to be.
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The lawyers are very experienced with knowledge encompassing a broad range of family law issues. They are adept at dealing with cross-border disputes and I would rate them as very strong in this area.
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Weightmans is very up to speed in the latest legal trends and has good connections with the legal profession.
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Weightmans has technically competent lawyers with a focus on solutions and the team is very pleasant to deal with, which benefits their clients.
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Weightmans is efficient, experienced and professional. The team has an excellent range of experiences and ability, and they provide immediate responses.
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