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parenting plan
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Family related
issues can be deeply upsetting and hard on every family
member - children, parents, grandparents, extended family -
and have costly emotional and financial effects. Put our
more than twenty years experience in this field to your
advantage.
- If you are having trouble with
child custody or joint parenting we can help you
sort out your options and plan a strategy to meet
your needs.
- If you are not getting the
visitation or parenting time to which you are
entitled, we can take steps to get that corrected.
- You may be relocating and want
information on how changing residence affects
parenting time, custody, or visitation.
- You may want to know who pays for
plane fare and gasoline for child visitation.
- We can help you collect overdue
child support. We can help you recover child support
overpayments. If you need support payments collected
or help regarding support payments recovered we can
assist.
- We can help you lower child
support.
- We can help you get more child
support.
- We can help you obtain a divorce
in the most time- and cost-efficient manner
appropriate to long-term success.
- You may need to establish or
defend "custody" of elderly parents for long-term
care decisions may become an issue.
- We can help you set up "Special
needs" trusts to provide continuity of care and
financial stability for disabled family members.
- We can help you designate a
guardian.
- You may designate a guardian in
your Last Will and Testament.
- You may designate a "temporary
guardian" during active military service, overseas
travel, or for medical treatments, or for vacation
trips, or for school athletics, or other occasions.
- You may wish to make a "living
will" stating your wishes concerning your child’s
medical treatment and withdrawal of treatment.
- You may want to leave funds to
your children or grandchildren for use only to
complete a certain level of education, or health
care.
- You may want to set up Uniform
Gifts to Minors accounts.
- You may want to set up a college
fund.
- You may want to shield assets
from an uncertain marriage.
- You may want help in considering
whether a prenuptial agreement is to your advantage,
and how it should be written.
- You may want help in considering
whether a prenuptial agreement can be enforced.
- You may want help in considering
whether to sign a post-nuptial agreement, without
separating.
- You may want help in considering
whether to make a separation agreement.
- You may want help in determining
whether a post nuptial or separation agreement is
enforceable.
- You may want to know whether you
have a share in property acquired during the
marriage, and what that share is worth.
- You may want to know whether a
gift or inheritance is exempt from the other
spouse’s rights.
- You may want advice on Indian
Child Adoptions.
- You may want advice on subsidized
adoption.
- You may want advice on interstate
adoption.
- You may want advice on
international adoption.
- You may want advice on
uncontested adoption.
- You may want advice on fighting
an adoption.
- You may want to know whose
permission is needed for an adoption.
- You may be a child wanting help
in becoming adopted.
- You may be an adopted child
seeking nonconfidential information about your
adoption.
- You may be an adult seeking
nonconfidential information about an adoption.
- You may be a child wanting help
in achieving a particular custody result.
- You may be a child wanting to
become emancipated.
- You may need advice on your
liability for your child’s accidents.
- You may need advice on your
liability for your child’s crimes.
- You may want advice on whether
you are old enough to be married.
- You may want advice on whether a
marriage is legal, or can be annulled as having
never been valid.
- You may want to know whether a
marriage from another country is valid.
- You may want to know the effect
of marriage on your estate.
- You may want advice on whether a
divorce disqualifies someone from the Will or Trust
or insurance.
- You may want advice on who is a
"child" for purposes of inheritance under a Will or
insurance policy.
- You may want advice on who is a
"child" for purposes of retirement or death
benefits.
- You may want advice on who is a
"child" for social security and workers’
compensation benefits.
- You may want advice on whether
your consent is needed for a marriage.
- You may want information about
civil and criminal consequences of child abuse,
child neglect, spousal abuse, domestic violence,
elder abuse, and juvenile delinquency situation.
- You may need assistance regarding
false accusations.
- You may designate a "stand-by
guardian" to take up guardian duties upon the
happening of a specified event.
- You may designate a "stand-by
conservator" to take up financial management upon
the happening of a specified event.
- You may want to keep assets safe
for the benefit of children, unavailable to
spendthrifts and adverse parties.
- You may need guidance in
preventing a "white knight" family member from
interfering with custody or living will
arrangements.
- You may have questions about who
has control over the funeral or burial.
- You may want to rename your
child.
- You may want to be sure your
child bears your name.
- You may want to change your name.
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