Family Law
Family law (also called matrimonial law) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
Marriage Contracts
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements identify one of the initial areas of family law. These are actual contracts entered into by individuals either prior to marriage or after marriage focusing on the characterizing of assets or addressing specific interests.
Divorce
Also known as dissolution of marriage, is the unfortunate downside of family law. It can be one of the most difficult areas for couples who are facing the termination of the marital union to address. Not only will the marriage end but so will all associated marriage legal duties and responsibilities. Divorce can include annulment or legal separation.
Child Custody
Family law quite often addressed concerns about the legal relationship between a parent, their child, and sometimes others. This includes legal custody – the right of a parent to make decisions regarding the child’s care and development; and, physical custody – the time a parent spends with a child. Again, both legal and physical custody can be held by someone who is not a parent.
Child Support
The ongoing and periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child following the end of a marriage or other relationship.
Spousal Support
Also known as alimony, is a legal obligation for one spouse to provide financial support to the other spouse during separation and after marital separation or divorce. Those involved in a family law matter are often surprised to discover what they may be entitled to for support or the limitations they may face.
Protective Orders
Court orders restraining a party, who commits an act of domestic violence, with a restraining order or a civil harassment restraining order. Parties in a close relationship file for a domestic violence restraining order while other file for a civil harassment restraining order.
Guardianship
Individuals often hire family law attorneys to apply for guardianship. Guardianships are granted when a court finds the need for one individual to care for another individual’s well-being or property.
Adoption
Attorneys practicing family law can be very helpful to those who wish to assume the parenting role of another, usually a child, from that person’s biological or legal parent(s). Adoption not only creates a new legal relationship but also severs a prior legal relationship.
Grandparent’s Visitation
The legal right that grandparents have to see and interact with their grandchildren will most likely require the assistance of a family law attorney. Should a grandparent be denied contact with their grandchild, they will have to obtain a court order granting them the right to visitation.
Estate Planning
An area of family law that addresses the disposition of a person’s estate. The process of anticipating and arranging for the management and disposal of a person’s estate is undertaken during the person’s life to ensure their requests are enforced after death.
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