What Is Family Law?
Family law generally involves divorce, custody and parenting time, separations, partnership dissolution and annulments. Within these categories are numerous sub-categories, for instance:
Family law often includes:
- Child Support
- Spousal Support
- Paternity
- Prenuptial and post-nuptial agreements
- Modification proceedings
Other common issues that arise are:
- Modifying custody and parenting time (formerly known as visitation)
- Restraining orders (“Family Abuse Prevention Act” orders)
- Stalking protective orders (SPO)
- Defending District Attorney charges for contempt of court for alleged violations of SPO and FAPA orders
- DHS proceedings for allegations of abuse or neglect
- Guardianships, grandparent, and other third-party custody and visitation proceedings
- Adoptions
