Family Law and Divorce

Family law issues are typically fraught with emotional layers. Confusion, fear, regret, and doubt may cloud one’s ability to think clearly and pursue a reasonable path to resolution. That’s why you need a supportive, tactful, knowledgeable lawyer who can listen to your side and plot a course to peace and harmony.
We handle all family law issues, including

• divorce
• legal separation agreements
  
• prenuptial agreements
• paternity determination or refutation
• termination of parental rights
• child custody agreements
• relocation of minors: child custody modifications
• modifications of child support
• stepparent adoptions
  

Our most important consideration is the best interests of the child in matters including divorce, separation, paternity, and adoption. We are adept at guiding clients to amicable agreements that will be conducive to a congenial co-parenting relationship as long as the children are under age.

Sometimes, however, mediation and negotiation are not workable in tense family law disputes. When it is necessary to take a custody or property division matter to court, we are prepared to do so with zeal in support of our clients’ rights and best interests.

A divorce is a monumental life change for most people, typically involving emotions such as grief, sorrow, regret, remorse, and fear about the future. The successful completion of a divorce includes much more than obtaining a court decree or gaining a judge’s approval. In the midst of all the emotional and practical changes you must make, it helps to know your lawyers are prepared to take the legal burden off your shoulders. We are here to help you in all the following areas:

• equitable property division
• child support
• modification of child support (when one or both parents have experienced a change in income or other relevant circumstances)
• child custody
• modification of child custody
• relocations (when the a parent proposes a move out of the area)
• joint physical and legal custody
• sole physical and legal custody
• spousal support
• temporary alimony
• legal separation agreements

We will bear your legal burdens during the difficult transition time between being “married” and being “divorced,” as you prepare to get on with your life in a new way.

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