Maura Hurley Solicitors

Maura Hurley Solicitors, based Founded in 2005 in Dublin city provide a comprehensive range of solicitor services to the personal and business client with a commitment to the highest standards of integrity, confidentiality and professionalism. We specialise in the following areas:-

• Family Law  Court appearances in Circuit and District courts 
• Divorce 
• Judicial Separation 
• Cohabitation 
• Separation Agreements
• Domestic Violence to include Safety and Baring Order Applications 
• Restraining Order Applications 
• Custody Access 
• Guardianship 
• Child Abduction 
• Criminal Defence 
• Sexual Offences Road Traffic Cases

GUARDIANSHIP

A Legal Guardian is a person who has the legal authority to make decisions for and to properly care for the child/children and to perform duties regarding a child’s upbringing.

Married parents are automatic joint Guardians of the dependent  child/children.  However an unmarried father will automatically be a joint guardian if he has lived with the child’s mother for 12 consecutive months and including  at least three months with the mother and the child following the child’s birth.

An application can be made by the father to the family law courts for Joint Guardianship of the dependent  child/children.

A step-parent, or person who has co- habited with  the parent for  a minimum of three years, and has shared the responsibility for at least three years, may apply to court for Guardianship.