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

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Whose Child Is This?: Is The Baby Legally The Husband's Or The Boyfriend's?

If a child is born to a wife who had the baby during an extramarital affair, does that child legally belong to the husband or the boyfriend? No paternity tests have been done, and the husband and wife may now be separated. No father has been named on the baby's birth certificate.

Can My Wife Bring My Stepson to Live With Me?

I am a marine currently in Okinawa japan. I have recently got married and now have a wife and step-son. My wife only has joint physical custody. In a few months I will be going to my next duty station in South Carolina. My question is, can I bring my wife and son with me even if my step-son's biological father disagrees with the move. If so, how do I start the process.

P.S. I am more then willing to pay for all visitation. Can someone please help me???

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.


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