Family law can be described as an area of legal practice that deals with issues related to or involving family relationships; such as marriage, adoption, divorce, child custody cases, annulments, and more. This area can also sometimes include drafting certain legal documents.
These matters can be life changing decisions for not only you, but your children and loved ones. It is important that you have a trusted legal professional guiding you through your courses of action. They can also help you ensure that those close to you are properly protected and represented during legal proceedings and processes.
How a Family Lawyer Can Help
- Divorce – The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.
- Annulment – A legal procedure creating a court order that would state a marriage or domestic partnership is not legally valid.
- Legal Separation – An arrangement by which a couple remains legally married, but live apart and follow a court order.
- Child Support – An ongoing, periodic payment made by a parent for the financial benefit of a child, following the end of a marriage or other similar relationship.
- Child Custody – A legal term regarding guardianship, which is used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent or guardian and a child in that person’s care.
Get Family Law Help from JFAW Legal
If you need the help of a lawyer to discuss family law issues, JFAW Legal can set up an appointment for you with a pro-bono lawyer from the New York County Lawyers Association, who is trained on several aspects of family law. This service is free.
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