For Individuals

Divorce, Wills & Conveyancing

Aldridge, Walsall & Sutton Coldfield

Family & Child Law
Wills Probate & Estate Plans
Residential Property
Advise the Elderly

The breakdown of a relationship can be an extremely difficult and emotional period for all concerned.

Here at Jennings Perks and Co we aim to minimise your concerns and the strain that you can be placed under by providing first class legal advice and support in a constructive and effective manner.

Divorce.
Property and financial disputes.
Maintenance and child support.
Cohabitation and agreements for couples living together.
Matrimonial Conveyancing
Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
Judicial separation and annulment.
Separation agreements & settling differences without going to court.
Children matters, including contact & residence disputes, child abduction & disputed parentage.
Transfers of equity.
Issues arising from pension and taxation laws.
Civil partnerships.

Partners Steve Jennings and Tim Perks together with Lesley Coleman and Michael Lillywhite have many years experience of the areas of wills, probate and estate planning and are able to assist with:

Preparation of wills.
Advice on saving Inheritance Tax.
Obtaining Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration.
Distributing estates.
Preparing deeds of variation to vary estates after death to achieve the most advantageous tax position or as part of the settlement of family disputes.
Setting up discretionary and other trusts (either in your lifetime or by will).
Assisting with tax planning.
Co-ordinating your will, lifetime trusts and financial affairs with your own income and capital requirements and those of your dependants and heirs.

Our Residential Property team is comprised of Keith Allen and his assistant Michelle Pye under the overall supervision of partner Tim Perks. The team regularly undertakes work in connection with:

Residential sales and purchases.
Purchases of freehold interests.
Acquisition of Council property under the Right to Buy Scheme.
Tenancy Agreements.
Extensions of residential leases.
Transfers of equity.
Re-mortgages.

This area of work overlaps with the work undertaken under the heading of "Wills, Probate and Estate Planning" and is dealt with by Partners Steve Jennings and Tim Perks supported by their respective teams, principally including Lesley Coleman and Michael Lillywhie:

Long term care issues.
Powers of Attorney (Lasting & Enduring).
Advice on Court of Protection matters.
Advice on being an Attorney