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Family law tends to be one of the most common forms of law pursued by people across the country, and Attorney411.com is here to make what can be a long and tedious process simpler and easier to navigate through. We will help you find the most seasoned and hands on divorce and family lawyer to help you successfully move through the steps of:

  • Child Custody

  • Visitation Rights

  • Child Support

  • Divorce

  • Alimony

  • Property Distribution

Let's take a closer look at each topic that the lawyers with Attorney411.com can help you with.

Child Custody & Visitation and Rights

When you are trying to determine the best format and schedule for child custody and visitation, it is important to consider the various types in which you can work with. They include:

  1. Physical Custody - This is when a parent has the right to have their child live with them. In some states, joint physical custody is granted when it is clear and evident that a child spends a lot of time with both parents. It is also easier to execute this arrangement when both parents live within a close proximity of one another. Alternatively, when a child is primarily living with one parent and visits with the other, the custodial parent (the parent the child primarily lives with) has primary, or sole physical custody. The noncustodial parent will have visitation rights and a planned schedule of spending time with their child.

  2. Legal Custody - When a parent has legal custody, they have the right to make important decisions about their lives and overall upbringing. This can include topics such as their medical care, schooling, religious affiliation, extracurricular activities, social circle, and more. When joint legal custody is shared and the other parent is not part of the decision making, the parent being excluded has the right to enforce the custody agreement via a judge.

  3. Sole Custody - Typically awarded to a parent when the other is unfit, sole legal custody or sole physical custody is beginning to be become a thing of the past due to courts striving for both parents to play active, engaged roles in their child's life. Even when one parent is granted sole physical custody, oftentimes parents still work together and share joint legal custody while employing a reasonable  visitation schedule.

  4. Joint Custody - This form of custody occurs when parents do not live together and work together for care and decision making regarding their children. There are various forms of joint custody, also known as shared custody, and they include joint legal custody, joint physical custody, and joint legal and physical custody. A thorough, well thought out schedule is executed, oftentimes with the help of an attorney who specializes in family law. This schedule will be based on the children's needs and routines, as well as the parents' work lives. If an agreement cannot take place, a court can help create one.

Child Support

Each individual state has varying guidelines in place to calculate the child support to be paid. This calculation is based on each parents' income and monthly expenses. While some states give their judges flexibility when working with the parents on the monthly payment amount, others are very strict and specific with the child support formula. Whether your state gives more or less leeway, there are still various factors to consider when determining the amount of child support paid by a parent. They include:

  1. The Child's Needs - Medical, education, childcare, clothing and miscellaneous supplies, extracurricular, and various special needs

  2. The Custodial Parent's Income

  3. The Ability of the Paying Parent to Pay

  4. The Child's Lifestyle Prior to the Separation or Divorce

A financial statement that details each parent's financial profile (including monthly income and expenses) is often required by the courts in order to help determine the payee and the most reasonable child support payment. The lifesyle of the family pre-divorce is also taken into consideration when determining the amount of child support, as maintenance and consistency of the standard of living for the child is a goal but not always a guarantee. 

Divorce, Alimony, and Property Distribution

Divorcing is never something that you plan for, but it is something that you must tackle effectively with the help of an experienced divorce attorney. Together you can work on alimony, property distribution, asset division, childcare, and more. The entire purpose of alimony is to reduce any unfair economic and financial effects that a divorce can unfortunately bring to the spouse who is either not working or earning significantly less than the other spouse. Furthermore, alimony helps a spouse continue with their standard of living that they had during the terms of their marriage.

Property distribution is also handled and strategically planned by Attorney411.com's lawyers who always aim for fair and reasonable shares. To learn more about how our network of only the finest divorce attorneys can assist you with your divorce, simply contact us through our website or call us so our legal specialists can help you today.