Family Lawyer
This a practice concerned with legal matters, involving relationships and family. A family lawyer can
handle divorce, child support, child custody, and other legal matters. However, some family lawyers
specialize in paternity, adoption, emancipation, or other legal matters not related to divorce. States
normally have the right in determining reasonable requirement for marriage. This includes legal age
capacity. Most of states do not legalize marriage of same sex. Nevertheless, the state governs various
procedure and rules for other family matters and divorce.
Why Hire Family Lawyer
Most lawyers represent clients in divorce matters and matters related to the divorce. However, family
law is a wide area of practice, which includes reproductive rights and foster care issue.
Terms to Know
Marital Property: This is the property acquired during the course of marriage, and I subject to
division due to divorce.
Paternity: This means descent or origin father. To establish paternity is confirming identity of
the biological father of a child.
Alimony: it is the allowance given to a spouse by the other, pending support after separating
legally.
Prenuptial agreement: this is an agreement between a man and a woman before wedding.
They give up future rights, to each other property in case death or divorce.
Cost for Hiring a Family Lawyer
Legal fees will depend on various factors, including time spent in the case, lawyers experience, the
complexity of case, results achieved and cost involved. Most family lawyers charge their fees based on
hourly rate. If a lawyer is charging you $100 per hour, then works 6 hours, the fee will rise to $600. This
is how most of lawyers charge.
However, some lawyer s will charge different fee depending on the nature of work. He can charge you
for legal research and court appearance. Additionally, lawyers from large firms will charge differently,
with senior layers charging higher.
Consider selecting a family lawyer that you can afford his or her fees, and comfortable to speak.
