Family Law is a legal practice area that focuses on issues involving family relationships, such as adoption, divorce, child custody, among others.
Family Law emphases 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 working with varying groups from children to the elderly and any others in between as it relates to some very personal aspects of a client’s life, hence it can be one of the most emotive areas of law to practice.
Family Law is incredibly diverse and here at FRC, we exist to help clients understand their position and resolve any issues relating to any particular familial arrangement. We advise on the grounds of divorce, child custody and separation agreements. We also advise on reasonable financial settlements following divorce and make sure assets are divided reasonably and fairly between parties. We focus on issues relating to divorce, adoption, child custody and alimony, wills and inheritance, separation, domestic violence, distribution of assets and guardianship amongst others.
We educate our clients on the process of marriage in Nigeria so that they are not involved in a marriage that is invalid without their knowledge. Our Lawyers exhibit a high level of proficiency and professionalism in matters handled by them.
We offer our services in line with the rules and regulations stated in the Matrimonial Causes Act and other regulatory bodies.
Our team of highly motivated lawyers advise on all aspect of family law, with particular focus on matrimonial matter such as divorce and custody matters. Our ADR team ensures that we are well positioned to design means of reconciling divergent interests with litigation as an option of last resort.