Family lawyers in Scotland
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Our leading team of family lawyers in Scotland are recognised by the Legal Directories as experts in Scottish family law, serving clients across Scotland, including in Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Highlands and Islands and on an international basis.
Scotland has a different set of legislative acts governing family law cases from England and Wales, both in respect of divorce, cohabitation claims and children's cases. The court system is also different in Scotland from that in England & Wales and is governed by different procedures and rules.
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We can provide specialised advice in relation to any specific Scottish family law matters and assist in any cross border family cases which involve Scotland or which span both Scotland and England & Wales.
Our top family lawyers have the in-depth expertise to guide you through issues including:
- Divorce and civil partnership dissolution (Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 (as amended by the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 and Civil Partnership Act 2004))
- International divorce and dissolution
- High Net Worth relationship breakdown
- Financial Disputes on relationship breakdown (Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985)
- Child aliment or maintenance including school fees
- Separation agreements
- Cohabitation (Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006)
- Inheritance disputes
- Cross border disputes including intra UK disputes
- Wealth protection strategy including prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements
- Child care arrangements — contact and residence disputes (Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Children (Scotland) Act 2020)
- Parental rights and responsibilities
- Child relocation and abduction including Hague Convention actions.
- Grandparent and Step Parent disputes — residence orders for kinship carers
- Creating families including by way of adoption, permanence orders, parenthood and surrogacy (Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007)
- Children’s hearings/ panels and children’s referral proceedings (Children’s Hearing (Scotland) Act 2011)
- LGBTQ+ family law
- Arbitration and non-court based options including collaboration
- Enforcement of decrees, agreements and child maintenance
- Immigration advice for businesses and high net worth individuals.
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Accolades
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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.
Legal 500 2025 -
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.
Legal 500 2025 -
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.
Legal 500 2025 -
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.
Legal 500 2025 -
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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