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Originally Posted by Juddy

Hi mate, you don't really get shafted in family Law ( though it does seem that way) its a case of the Judge decideing what is right and proper, concidering your income in relation to your ex partner etc.
You can get a list from the Law society, then ask around for recomendations,( call criminal firms and ask who they would use etc) or you could contact a Farthers group to see who's considered the best in your area.

Having someone shit hot prob won't help alot with maintainance, but could help if contact issues become a prob.

I stoped working in law a long time, but we had the best family lawyer in the area, and people were being recomended to use by other firms all the time, so asking around does work.

As said above it is down to the judge sitting, I work for a large Family Law practice in Kent and have sat in on these hearings a few times, whilst both sides either through solicitors or by themselves will put their side across, I have found that judges tend to be extremely fair in their judgements and usually are able to ignore the BS from the legal teams.
At the end of the day the maintenance will be decided on your level of income, therefore a guy on £60K will pay a lot more than someone on £25K it all goes on your disposable income, you decided to have a child together and if you were living together you wouldn't begrudge them the money, why should that change because you have split up?
Any order given can be varied after a year, but only if your circumstances have changed.
So if you don't want to pay that much then you could always go on the dole
Good Luck!