A FIRM of Blackburn solicitors is hoping to take some of the pain out of divorce.

Fieldings Porter Solicitors, of Richmond Terrace, have been appointed members of The Relate Quality Partnership, which is committed to the idea of amicable divorce in a new approach to matrimonial legal services.

The Partnership is an alliance between the National Solicitors' Network and Relate Marriage Guidance and aims to help divorcing couples reach agreement and, where possible, to save marriages.

Fieldings Porter solicitor Andre Rebello, said: "As members of the Relate Quality Partnership we aim to demonstrate that seeking legal advice should not be seen as a last resort when all communication has ceased, but part of the conciliation process.

"Skilled, sympathetic matrimonial legal services can provide a communication breakthrough rather than a communication breakdown and by encouraging a spirit of long term co-operation, we can minimise the distress and limit financial loss."

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