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Remarriage & Cohabitation

We are here to offer you specialist advice on remarriage and cohabitation. Meet our team of experts to provide you with a tailor made service to assist you. At GLC we have experienced lawyers who are specialists in this area of law.


A prenuptial or postnuptial agreement is an agreement that is made before or after you get married, and sets out how your financial assets and income should be divided if you were to separate and/or get a divorce. This is important when you are marrying later in life. You will need to think about the implications on pensions, property and your children’s future inheritance. We can advise you about this.

You might choose to cohabit with your new partner and if you do, you will need to think about ownership of property and whether you or partner are intending to acquire rights in property which is owned by one party.

A common issue for those cohabiting in later life is what happens on the death of the property owner. Will his or her cohabitee have a right to live in the property when the owner has died? We work with our specialist Wills team to prepare Cohabitation Agreements and Wills which reflect your wishes and feelings and prevent your children making decisions on your death which might not be what you want for your loved one if you die before them. We can also look at Powers of Attorney with you which will empower your partner to make decisions for you should you lose capacity. As an unmarried person your children or another relative might be your next of kin but you might want your partner to be in charge of arrangements for you.


Our Team

Emma Pearmaine

Emma Pearmaine

Managing Director
Emma Pearmaine is a family and matrimonial specialist. For almost 20 years, she has represented clients in divorce and children cases. She has particular niche expertise in matrimonial cases involving challenging business, pension, maintenance and other finance issues....
Vicky Meds

Vicky Medd

Partner
Vicky Medd is a family solicitor with over 20 years experience.  She is an accredited specialist with Resolution and has a lot of experience of financial relief, and child disputes.  Vicky was also recently involved in one of the first family arbitration cases in the country and has a lot of experience in dealing with cases as expeditiously as possible, whilst achieving the best outcomes for clients....
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Kate Hames

Solicitor
Kate joined the Family and Matrimonial Department at Ridley & Hall Solicitors in 2020. Having graduated with a degree in Law from Northumbria University, Kate spent over 12 years working for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service in Leeds, developing her legal knowledge and acumen within both their criminal and family law departments....

Emma Hopkins Jones

Partner
Emma joined Ridley & Hall as a Partner in September 2020. Emma is an experienced family law specialist, practising in all areas of private family law. Emma’s expertise in financial issues on separation, and in particular cases involving unmarried couples, was recognised in the Legal 500 2017....
Shelley Harper

Shelley Harper

Solicitor
Shelley joined Ridley & Hall Solicitors in 2020 and is a Solicitor in our family department having qualified in 2018. Shelley completed her Law Degree at Sheffield Hallam University and continued her studies at BPP University Law School in Leeds....
Karen Roberts

Karen Roberts

Partner
Karen Roberts has well over 20 years practice experience as a Family Solicitor and has a warm, and approachable style. She undertakes all areas of Family Law work, representing individuals facing difficult children’s issues, domestic abuse concerns and divorces/separations involving the resolution of financial issues. She represents parents and grandparents in care proceedings brought by the Local Authority and where family and children’s placements have broken down. ...

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