Family Law

This an popular and exciting area of the law but can see some emotional aspects when it comes to divorce and other disputes. Family Law focuses on finding solutions to issues relating to often complex legal relationships. These include marriage and parenthood among others. For this reason, family law practice can involve work with varying groups from children to the elderly and any others in between. Because family law relates to some very personal aspects of a client’s life, it can be one of the most emotive areas of law to practice.

While dealing with family dispute cases, sometimes the battles might extend beyond the court room Mr. Chauhan specializes in dispute resolution and has vast experience in handling a wide variety of complex litigation in diverse areas of family disputes.

Examples ;

• Divorce, dissolution and financial separation
• Children, parentage, residence, contact and parental responsibility. This may also include adoption, surrogacy, child abduction and even abuse/neglect
• Children’s Rights (taking into consideration a child’s ability to make their own decisions)
• Domestic Abuse
• Domestic obligations towards families under International Treaties such as the ECHR
• Socio-legal Family Law: a more general look at what society defines family as and whether the law has adequately responded to modern societal views. Examples include the law of parentage in the context of a rise in same-sex couples
• Family law and the State. This includes the role of agencies and local authorities in childcare and protection

For Me

A career in family law may require working with both adults and children, so you must be prepared for client-facing work. These children and adults may find themselves in distressing situations, and so you must be able to cope in those scenarios.

It also helps if you have a passion for helping people and want to work on handling relationships and interacting with your clients. Your work as a family lawyer will vary hugely from that of a tax lawyer, for example. It is also important to be able to detach yourself from the client and their problems on a personal level, as you must always stay professional.