Adam Maguire is a Senior Associate at Shoosmiths, a top 40 national full service firm, based in Birmingham. Adam has specialised in divorce and family law since before his qualification as a solicitor and advises clients regarding all aspects of private family law with a particular focus on and interest in the financial issues arising out of divorce and the law affecting modern families. He has been recommended in the Legal 500 since 2017, holds the Law Society family law scheme accreditation, and sits on the West Midlands Regional Committee of Resolution.
Blended families and step parents are an increasingly common aspect of modern family life. In some families, a step parent can be the only psychological or “real” parent a child has ever known. Even though