family law attorney
Custody case counsel
A family law attorney is a lawyer who specializes in legal matters involving domestic relationships—divorce, child custody, adoption, prenuptial agreements, and related disputes.
The term is interchangeable with family lawyer: We hired a family law attorney to handle the custody arrangement.
Most family law attorneys spend much of their practice on divorce cases.
- divorce lawStatutes governing marital dissolution
- divorce papersDocuments terminating matrimony
- legal separationFormal marital split, not dissolution
- custody battleLegal contest for parenting rights
- child supportMandated parental financial contribution
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- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce petition
- child custodychild custody, custody order, shared custody, sole custody, joint custody
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Lawyer for fiscal matters
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Government's trial lawyer
district attorney · public defender · criminal lawyer · defense counsel · state's attorney
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