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Children in Care

The Local Authority may take children into care or place children with other family members if they feel the children are at risk of significant harm. If you are a mother, father, adult sibling or grandparent we can advise you on your position.

CAFCASS (the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service) provide an excellent guide detailing further information about care proceedings.

In addition to representing parents, grandparents and adult siblings, we regularly represent children within Court proceedings. We have significant experience of representing children on instructions from their Court appointed Guardian. Please contact one of our Family Solicitors if you are a Children's Guardian and would like us to represent you in Court proceedings.

Peter

Peter Marshall

Partner

01726 74433

Peter is a partner in the Cornwall Family Team and heads up the St Austell office having joined the firm in 1994. He deals with all aspects of family and children work.

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Jo

Jo Stone

Partner

01872 265100

Jo is a partner in charge of the Truro Family Team and deals with a range of family matters, disputes concerning children, injunction work and representing unmarried couples on separation.

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Mark

Mark Smith

Partner

01392 210700

Mark joined the firm in 1998 and is a partner in the Family Team in Exeter. Mark deals with all aspects of family work, including adoption and civil partnerships. Mark has considerable experience in both private and public law children matters including international relocation cases and is a member of the Law Society's Childrens Panel.

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Bill

Bill Wilkins

Partner

01392 210700

Bill is a partner in the Family Team and joined Stephens Scown in 1993.

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Michael

Michael Lowry

Partner

01726 74433

Michael is a partner and Team Leader for the Cornwall Family Team. He is a specialist family lawyer and qualified and practised in London before moving to Cornwall.

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Andrew

Andrew Lobb

Associate

01726 74433

Andrew has a background acting for both private clients and the County Council. He specialises in all aspects of family and particularly child care work acting for children and family members as well as carrying out his own advocacy in both magistrates and county courts.

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Fiona

Fiona Cavell

Associate

01726 74433

Fiona is an Associate and well established member of the Family Team, having joined in 1991.

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Kris

Kris Seed

Associate

01872 265100

Kris deals with all areas of family law and has a wealth of experience dealing with financial disputes within divorce and contested proceedings regarding children.

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Nick

Nick Gibbins

Associate

01726 74433

Nick is an Associate based in the Family Team in St Austell.

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Sarah

Sarah Bell

Solicitor

01872 265100

Having trained with Stephens Scown, Sarah qualified as a solicitor specialising in family law in April 2004.

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Sarah

Sarah Walls

Solicitor

01392 210700

Sarah is a Solicitor in the Exeter Family Team working in all areas of Family Law.

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Chris

Chris Morse

Legal Executive

01392 210700

Chris joined the firm at the beginning of 2008 having moved to Exeter. Having qualified as a Legal Executive specialising in family law in 2009, he works alongside Bill Wilkins in dealing with all aspects of family law.

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Ed

Ed Bidder

Paralegal

01392 210700

Ed joined Stephens Scown in 2006 from Exeter County Court, having developed four years' experience in the family department and customer service manager roles.

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