Child Custody and Support Attorney

Family law encompasses all legal matters pertaining to family and/or domestic issues. These issues include legal help for adoptions, alimony, appeals, arbitration, custody, dispute resolution, dissolution of marriage, divorce, domestic violence, estate planning, marital agreements, marital property, matrimonial law, mediation, palimony, non-traditional family, paternity, separation, support and spousal support.

• Adoptions Child adoption can be a source of great joy to couples wanting to have children. However, some issues of adoption can cause emotional drawbacks if the procedure is not handled properly. Your attorney will be an asset in constructing a legal contract concerning your planned child adoption. These contracts can, for instance, deter future legal issues should the natural mother change her mind after the adoption.

• Guardianship Guardians and conservators are appointed to protect an incapacitated person.

• Estate Planning Most people do not like to think of estate planning because it conveys a "morbid" stigma. However, estate planning is very important: if something should happen to you and there is no documentation expressing how you want your assets distributed or disposed of, the courts can take control and disperse your assets as it sees fit. Examples of planning documents: wills, living wills, trusts and durable power of attorney.