Family Law

Family law is the name given to the branch of civil law that a family lawyer or a family attorney covers including the legal relationships among family members, including husbands, wives, parents, children, and domestic partners. A family law attorney or a family law lawyer specializes in the family law relationships which encompass adoption, child custody, visitation rights, domestic violence, divorce, juvenile dependency and delinquency, marital property rights, support obligations, and paternity. Because these personal relationships are governed by state law, what constitutes "family law" may vary from state to state. Please read on to find a family lawyer, family attorney or to learn more about family law. Family lawyer and family attorney information provided by Lawyers.com.

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Name Changes and Document Updates After Marriage
There are two ways to change your name after you get married. For the common usage method, make sure that your new name is on your marriage certificate, get a new driver's license and social security card, and update existing records. The other method is to get a court order and update your records.
Checklist: Preparing for Divorce
A marriage can end in a sudden explosion or die slowly over many years. Regardless of how much warning you have, and whether or not you initiated it, you are probably not nearly as prepared as you need to be. Take a deep breath and go over the things you need to do during this process.
Sharing Custody
Determining "what's best" for the kids during a divorce isn't easy. Many say shared custody plans work the best. Find out why.
Child Support
Questions about child support? Get details about calculating and making child support payments as well as when child support orders can be modified.
Collecting Past Due Child Support
Collecting past due child support is vital to making sure your child gets everything he or she needs. There are many approaches to take in attempting to collect unpaid child support: Wage Garnishment Many child support orders have a clause that allows you to garnish the wages of the paying parent on

Ask a Lawyer - Family Law questions answered by leading lawyers
Can She Get My House? Custody of Our Children?

I owned a Home and had custody of my two boy before my wife and I got remarried. We have only been remarried for about 4 years.

Does she have any right to the house and can she get custody of the boys if she leave me again?

What Does "Pro Bono" Mean?

What does "pre bono" (sic) or "pre bonal" (sic) mean however you say it but I just wanted to know what does it mean when a divorce lawyer says that he is going to do that. Thank You

Can I Get An Annulment?

I am wondering if I would be eligible for an annulment. We have been married for about 14 months but have never lived together or had any joint accounts, etc. My husband will not dispute.

Can I Get Custody of My Stepdaughter?

My husband and I got custody of his daughter 3 years ago. They told him if it wasn't for me, he would never gotten her. Now the problem is I want to leave him and get a divorce. His daughter wants to live with me and he keeps saying no. Can I take her since I had to sign papers for her?

Can I Sever Dad's relationship with My Kid?

I have a two year old who has always been with me. Her birth father lives 3 hours away and calls once a month to see her. We meet halfway and he gets a weekend when convenient for him. He never calls to talk to her and sends only $300 every other month. Otherwise he does nothing for her. He and I were never married and he left me before she was born. Can I make him go away? I'm now married and my husband is the daddy she needs.


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