Divorce and separation where the assets are serious: farms, companies, pensions and inherited wealth.
Mary Molloy Solicitors advises on high net worth divorce and asset-heavy family law from Rose Inn Street in Kilkenny, serving the South-East and acting nationally. Solicitor-led, discreet, and built on the disclosure and valuation work these cases actually turn on.
The asset-heavy end of family law
Every divorce turns on proper provision. When the assets include a farm that has been in a family for generations, a trading company, substantial pension wealth or an inheritance, proper provision becomes the whole case, and it is won on evidence: disclosure, valuation and structure. That is the work this practice concentrates on.
ample resources cases, the T v T one-third reference point, valuation disputes, and protecting farms, companies and inherited wealth.
inherited land, proper provision, agricultural valuations, keeping the farm intact, and the non-owning spouse.
shareholding valuation, director spouses, disclosure of company accounts, maintainable earnings and structuring provision without damaging the trading business.
retirement and contingent benefits, defined benefit vs defined contribution schemes, valuation and drafting.
How Irish courts treat trusts, inheritances, expected inheritances and pre-marital assets in divorce and judicial separation.
what must be disclosed, vouching, discovery, forensic accountants and the consequences of concealing assets in divorce proceedings.
Solicitor and Trust and Estate Practitioner
The practice is led by Richard O'Shea, Solicitor and TEP (Trust and Estate Practitioner), holding the Law Society Diploma in Mediation. The combination matters in this work: asset-heavy separations sit at the junction of family law, succession law and trusts, and cases involving inherited farms, expected inheritances and family settlements are advised with both disciplines in the room.
Under the Mediation Act 2017, advice on mediation is part of every first consultation, and it is given seriously: most separations resolve without a contested hearing, and choosing the right process is as much a professional judgement as any point of law.
About the practicePrepare before you instruct
Two working tools built for clients preparing for a first consultation: an Affidavit of Means preparation checklist that maps the disclosure a financial case requires, and a divorce process timeline estimator that shows the stages ahead. Both run in your browser and nothing you enter is sent anywhere.
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From Rose Inn Street in the Marble City, the practice serves clients across Kilkenny, Carlow, Waterford, Tipperary and Wexford.