PRACTICE AREAS
Dissolution/Divorce
The termination of a marital relationship by court judgment.
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Legal Separation
The termination of the marital relationship without terminating the marital status.
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Annulment
Termination of a void or voidable marital relationship. A void marriage is a marriage which cannot be legally recognized. A voidable marriage is a marriage in which was entered into under fraud, force, or mental or physical incapacity of one of the parties.
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Child Custody/Visitation
Parenting plan to accommodate ongoing contact between the parents and children.
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Child Support
Financial contributions by one parent to the other for the benefit of the children. Child support is the right of a child to be supported in accordance with the abilities of BOTH parents.
Spousal Support
Financial assistance from the higher income earning spouse to the lower income earning spouse for the purpose of enabling the lower income earning spouse to become self supporting or otherwise maintain a semblance of the marital standard of living.
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Parentage
Non-marital paternity actions usually involving establishment of paternity, custody and support.
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Adoption
A judicial act creating a parent child relationship. It is an act which brings another's child into one's own family giving that child all rights and duties as a child born into one's family.
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Domestic Violence
An aggressive act by one member of a household to another.
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Restraining Orders
A court order to protect one person from another by restricting one's ability to have contact with the other. It is also an order restricting an individual from doing an act which could result in irreparable harm to another.
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
A formal court order directing a pension plan to distribute pension benefits in a certain manner.
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Post Judgment Modifications
Requests of the court to change the provisions of a previous order usually due to a change in circumstances that served as the basis for the original order.
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