Caroline Young

Caroline specialises in resolving issues arising from relationship breakdown, divorce and dissolution of civil partnership with significant experience in dealing with arrangements for children.

Caroline is a Chartered Legal Executive Litigator (Senior Associate) in our family team at Birmingham. She is known for her sensible pragmatic approach and excellent client care.

Caroline is a member of Resolution and is a former Chair of the West Midlands Regional Committee. Resolution Members subscribe to a code of conduct and promote a constructive approach to family issues that considers the needs of the whole family.

How Caroline can help you

Whilst experienced in all areas of family law, Caroline specialises in resolving child arrangements and financial issues following relationship breakdown  to include negotiated agreements/settlements, resolution through Court applications and alternative dispute resolution methods.

She advises in relation to unmarried family disputes and works with those wishing to protect assets by way of cohabitation agreements, pre-nuptial agreements and post-nuptial agreements.

Caroline offers a bespoke service. She listens to the needs of her clients and provides pragmatic sensible solutions. Caroline is approachable, putting clients at their ease, giving them confidence that she will always act in their best interests.

Caroline regularly deals with:

• Child arrangements – residence, contact and relocation disputes
• High conflict child arrangements cases.
• Complex fact-finding cases involving domestic abuse, including controlling and coercive behaviour
• Disputes about care or education of children (specific issue orders);
• Applications for parental rights/Parental Responsibility.
• Applications for permission to resettle overseas with children;
• Divorce – fair financial provision;
• Dissolution of civil partnerships and nullity proceedings;
• Financial provision following divorce/dissolution;
• Variation or set aside of existing financial orders;