Divorce and Family Matters

Family law is a legal practice area that focuses on issues involving family relationships, such as adoption, divorce, and child custody, among others. Attorneys practicing family law can represent clients in family court proceedings or in related negotiations and can also draft important legal documents such as court petitions or property agreements. Some family law attorneys even specialize in adoption, paternity, emancipation, or other matters not usually related to divorce.

Divorce

There are different types of divorce, including No-Fault Divorce, Conversion Divorce and Fault Divor

Child Support

The court usually calculates the amount of child support based on the income of both parents, unless

Alimony

The purpose of alimony is to prevent the couple who has less income from being affected by economic

Protection Orders

A protection order is a civil protection order. Although each state may have different names for the

Pre-Marriage/Post-Marriage Agreements

As the name implies, these two agreements are a common agreement between the spouses before and afte

Separation Agreements

Separation agreement refers to an agreement signed by both parties in a marriage to prepare for sepa

Visitation Rights

Visitation right refers to the right granted by the court to a parent who has no custody of the chil

Paternity Actions

Paternity actions usually take place when a child is born to unmarried parents. A parent then signs