Why You Need a Family Law Lawyer

Jul 15
08:33

2011

Abraham Avotina

Abraham Avotina

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An overview on family law and why a family law attorney can help you in a family law case by working towards the goal to resolve the dispute without the personal aspects that people often get caught up in.

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If you are going through a divorce,Why You Need a Family Law Lawyer Articles legal separation, or a child custody dispute you are probably painfully aware of how stressful your legal issues are and how quickly every small dispute can escalate into a major court battle. Family law is made more complex by the mere fact that those involved are not random strangers with little vested interest in each other but once former lovers and friends. The breakup of a family or relationship can be devastatingly painful, stressful and at times seemingly endless. Family law cases can bring out the worst in people and couples square off raw with the anger and pain of losing a relationship that they once treasured.

A good family law attorney can help take some of the personal attacks out of the equation and focus the case and you on the facts, not feelings. This can be one of the best ways for those involved in a family law case to cope and see the light at the end of the tunnel. You will probably still feel angry, hurt and resentful towards your former spouse whether you are filing for divorce or fighting for custody rights of your child, but your attorney can redirect your goal towards resolution and not war.

Try to interview at least three attorneys to make sure you are hiring the best lawyer for your particular case. It’s a good idea to ask what the attorney’s plan of action is. If they are vague or don’t have any planned course of action you may want to keep looking for an experienced attorney who can give you answers and results.

Once you have an attorney you will be advised in most cases to resolve the issue out of court. If you do end up going to court for whatever reason, the control and final outcome are up to a judge who may not give you anything you are asking for in court. Couples have been known to spend hundreds of dollars fighting over trinkets because they cannot get pass the anger and pain and see the materialistic aspect of their break up as a separate issue. Your lawyer can help advise you on what to fight for and what to let go and redirect you towards your final goal which is to walk away from the fight with the dispute resolved. An attorney can work with you and your former spouse in mediation which in some states is automatically required in any area of family law before the matter can even proceed to the court room.

If mediation fails the next step is court where a judge will decide the merits of your case and take the control of the decision from you and your former spouse. This can mean you will both walk away unhappy with the resolution and it is often the end result your attorney will discourage you from pursuing if the matter can be settled out of court while you maintain some control of the final outcome.