Families come in many forms. Whether you’re co-parenting, part of a blended family, growing your family through adoption or surrogacy, or seeking clarity around donor conception, our modern family solicitors give you clear, compassionate advice tailored to your circumstances. As a modern family law firm based in Wiltshire and working nationally, we combine specialist expertise with practical tools and steady guidance - so you feel informed, in control and supported at every step.
Understanding Modern Families
Modern family law protects and supports a wide range of family structures, from LGBTQ+ parents and step-parents to foster carers, grandparents and families created through surrogacy. You may need help agreeing child arrangements after separation, setting out co-parenting responsibilities, formalising an adoption, navigating surrogacy or donor conception, or resolving a sensitive dispute.
As an experienced modern family law firm, we take a holistic, empathetic approach. That means we listen first, explain your options clearly, and work with you to find the route that best fits your family - whether that’s early agreement, constructive negotiation or, where necessary, robust representation. Whatever support you need, your dedicated modern family lawyer from Sampson Coward will be there every step of the way.
Our Modern Family Services
You can come to us for one service, or a joined-up plan that brings everything together. We provide:
- Donor Conception - Advice on donor agreements and the legal rights for you, your child, and the donor.
- Surrogacy – Guidance on UK and international surrogacy pathways, parental orders and timescales.
- Adoption & Fostering - Independent advice for adoptive parents, foster carers and family adopters.
- Co-Parenting – Comprehensive support for entering into a co-parenting arrangement and agreements that put children first.
- Children’s Law & Specialist Family Disputes - Child arrangements, parental responsibility, and tailored dispute resolution.
- Assisted Reproduction & Fertility Law – Specialist advice on legal parenthood, donor conception, consent to use of embryo’s and gametes, embryo storage.
From your first conversation with us, you’ll receive clear guidance, pragmatic next steps and ongoing support. We have a wealth of specialists who we work closely with who can also provide you with wider support if needed.
Initial consultations are available, and we’ll outline likely costs and timescales from the outset
Speak To Our Modern Family Solicitors
Every family is unique. If you’d like clear, kind and informed advice about your next step, speak to our modern family solicitors today. We offer confidential, no-obligation initial consultations and tailored guidance to protect your family’s best interests, wherever you are in your journey.