Can You Provide An Overview Of The Different Areas Within Family Law? – AttorneyBernie.com

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00:00:04: Most people when you when I tell them I’m a family lawyer when I tell them I’m a certified family law specialist they say oh so you do divorces I said yes that is definitely a big part of my practice but it’s not the only part of my practice because family law covers a lot of different aspects you could still have a lot of family law issues that don’t involve the divorce it could be a domestic violence situation where somebody’s victim of intimate partner violence those are things that we handle

00:00:34: And also when we do the domestic violence cases custody also becomes an issue we also do parentage to try to establish the parenting parentage of a father even if that father may not be the biological father there’s still a way that that father could be held responsible for the child again adoptions that’s one of the most fulfilling jobs that I do it can also be the most heartbreaking at times because sometimes you have to sever the relationship with a parent that’s abandoned the child and then there could

00:01:07: Also be support issues that come up you don’t need to file an action for divorce in order to get support you’re not getting support from your partner you can go to court and get an order to to to get support and that sometimes helps families because it changes the the balance of power in a family relationship it makes it more less dysfunctional and more functional