Family Law
Practice Areas
Divorce: Legal process to dissolve a marriage, involving division of assets, alimony, and potential custody arrangements. Both contested and uncontested divorces may require negotiation or litigation.
Child Custody and Visitation: Determines children’s legal and physical custody arrangements, including which parent children live with and the non-custodial parent’s visitation rights.
Child Support: Involves calculating and arranging financial support from the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent to help cover child-rearing costs.
Spousal Support (Alimony): Financial support provided by one ex-spouse to the other after divorce, often based on factors like the length of the marriage, financial needs, and earning capacity.
Paternity: Establishes the legal relationship between a father and his child, often impacting custody, child support, and inheritance rights.
Adoption: Legal process to create a parent-child relationship between individuals not biologically related. This can involve step-parent, domestic, and international adoptions.
Domestic Violence and Restraining Orders: Addresses cases of abuse, stalking, or harassment within a family or intimate relationship. Protective orders aim to prevent further harm.
Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements: Contracts that couples sign before or after marriage, outlining the division of assets and potential financial obligations in case of divorce.
Property Division: The distribution of marital property and debts during divorce, based on equitable distribution or community property laws.
Modification of Orders: Process for modifying existing child custody, support, or spousal support orders when significant changes occur in circumstances like income or living arrangements.