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What is Family Law?

• Family Law is the legal specialty, sometimes also called Domestic Relations, concerned with legal issues such as adoption, divorce, domestic abuse, marriage, paternity, custody and child support.

• The Supreme Court has held that all individuals have the fundamental right to marry, as guaranteed by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The states have the right to determine reasonable formal requirements -- such as licensing, age and legal capacity -- in order for the marriage to be sanctioned by the state.

• There are three types of legal remedies available to a spouse who desires to end a marital relationship: annulment, legal separation and divorce. If there are children of the marriage, an agreement must be reached as to the living arrangements and financial support of minor children. In resolving issues of custody, courts look only to the "best interest of the child."

What area of Family Law do you need help in:

• Divorce
• Adoption
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Child Support
• Family Violence
• Alimony