Gresham/Troutdale
Family Law Attorney

Family law generally involves divorce, custody and parenting time, separations, partnership dissolution and annulments. Within these categories are numerous sub-categories.

Family law generally involves divorce, custody and parenting time, separations, partnership dissolution and annulments. Within these categories are numerous sub-categories.

Clients sometimes choose to file for Separation instead of Divorce. Reasons for this include wanting to try and keep one spouse on the other spouse’s health insurance plan, religious restrictions, and emotional considerations.

Couples are often hesitant to consider or enter into a prenuptial agreement. In certain cases, it is necessary to protect yourself, your children, and sometimes other family members from financial devastation were the marriage to fail.

Learn about:

• Child Support Amount Calculations
• What to Do If You Can’t Your Pay Child Support
• Reducing child support

Custody and Parenting Time are two separate issues. These major decisions may include the child’s religious and educational training, health care, and where the child’s primary residence is.

“Family Abuse Prevention Act” (FAPA) Orders are serious business – and the Judge’s decision to uphold or dismiss a contested FAPA order depends not only on what you say in Court, but how your case is presented and what evidence is allowed or not allowed into evidence.

Like restraining orders, Stalking Protective Orders can show up on background checks, have immigration consequences, limit a person’s right to own firearms, and have a number of other collateral consequences.