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5 Areas a Family Lawyer Can Help You With

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by RAKI WRIGHT

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When you need a legal professional, it’s vital that you choose someone who specializes in the matter you’re in the midst of. For instance, you wouldn’t hire a personal injury attorney to handle your divorce, and vice versa.

But when it comes to personal legal matters, a family attorney can do more than you might think. You may visit this website and understand how legal professionals are the experts in a wide range of family concerns, including things like divorce and child custody issues, as well as adult and child guardianship.

If you’re dealing with a legal matter on your hands, consider a family lawyer to help you in these five areas.

  1. Representation of You in Court 

Should you end up solidly on the wrong end of a lawsuit having to defend yourself from a dispute started with a family member, these are the professionals you want representing you. Keep in mind that you’ll need a lawyer who can practice in the area where you’re attending court. For instance, in and around Melbourne, Melbourne family lawyers are licensed to practice in that jurisdiction.

  1. Handling Your Prenups

Start your marriage out on the proverbial right foot by taking care of the business side of things. With a prenuptial agreement, you and your soon-to-be spouse or civil partner agree to a contract that stipulates how property in a separation or divorce will be handled. This contract is activated if a split occurs, and the family lawyer ensures the terms of the agreement are followed.

  1. Managing Estates and Wills

The best time to take care of your estate and property to ensure it goes where you want it to is long before you pass away. Have a will drafted by a family lawyer, and it becomes a legal document that must be followed after you are no longer here to tell everyone who gets what. Estates are similar to wills but often begin before the person dies. Since an estate includes clauses that can be generational, it’s crucial that you use a knowledgeable family attorney to draft your document.

  1. Divorces

Very rarely is a divorce ever mutual and amicable. There are strong emotions on at least one side of the table. Divorces require lawyers to help complete paperwork and file it properly, mediate agreements to avoid court and hefty expenses and keep both parties from allowing their emotions to control their behaviors and decisions.

  1. Child Custody

Right behind divorces in terms of emotional cases is that of child custody. Parents get very possessive of their children when they aren’t going to have full control of them. A child custody visitation schedule is vital to the health and well-being of everyone, and a family lawyer can get this put together in the best interests of the child. Without a legal document involved, it can become difficult to agree on schedules and visitation, and if one party does not follow the “agreed” arrangements, the other party has limited to no recourse. Family lawyers are the integral connection to turn your visitation schedule into a legally binding agreement between both parents.

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