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D O M E S T I C R
E L A T I O N S
Adoption and Severance of Parental Rights
Arbitration and Mediation Services
Cohabitation Agreements
Collaborative Law
Community Property Law
Custody and Visitation Issues
Divorce
Domestic Violence
Domestic Partnerships
Equitable Distribution
Grandparents' Rights
Interstate Support
Marital Agreements
Non-Traditional Family Law
Palimony
Paternity
Post-Divorce
Postnuptial Agreements
Premarital Agreements
Separation Agreements
Spousal Maintenance (Alimony) |
Consistent with its
philosophy of offering a full range of legal services to the
community, the Firm represents clients in all aspects of family
law, including preparation of pre-nuptial agreements, representation
in all aspects of divorce and paternity proceedings, including
property division, child custody, visitation, grandparent rights,
step-parent rights and the establishment, modification, and
enforcement of child support and spousal maintenance. Our domestic
relations attorneys also advise and represent clients with respect
to issues regarding alternate relationships, whether opposite
or same sex, including preparation of domestic partnership agreements
and providing estate planning for non-married couples. We also
practice in juvenile court, representing clients in adoption,
dependency, guardianship and parental termination actions. The firm’s lawyers act as mediator/arbitrator to resolve family law disputes and are available to assist clients in a collaborative divorce.
Our domestic relations attorneys strive to combine zealous advocacy
with a recognition that marital and family disputes require
a quick and just resolution on the most amicable terms possible.
We strongly believe that bitter and protracted litigation in
this area of the law, though sometimes unavoidable, is most
often counterproductive and, especially when children are involved,
leaves all parties unhappy and sometimes emotionally scarred.
We thus encourage and work toward a fair settlement of domestic
disputes whenever possible.
Attorneys practicing in this area:
Lisa Schriner Lewis
Alyce L. Pennington
Wayne E. Yehling
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