Family Law

Closeness can make the heart grow fonder, but it can also make the heart break. This is what many of us have experienced during this nearly a year of forced togetherness. Some have been blessed with relationship “resets.” Others, have found the togetherness...

If you are an Alabama resident trying to recover from the emotional and financial tolls of a divorce, worrying about whether child support payments will be made should not be an additional stressor. Maybe your child support payments have stopped for whatever reason,...

Even if you want to end your marriage, you may want to do so in the most amicable and efficient manner possible. You and your spouse may not harbor any ill feelings toward each other, and as a result, would prefer to resolve your divorce outside the courtroom. So long...

Whether marital problems have plagued a couple for some time or have recently crept up, deciding to end a marriage is a serious decision to make and major life event to go through. Thus, many divorcing couples in Alabama and elsewhere seek to make the process as...

Adoption is a legal process that creates a parent-child relationship. A person who adopts a child is not the biological parent of the child, but rather an individual who has chosen to take on the legal, financial, and emotional responsibilities of raising the child as...

Adoption is a legal process that creates a parent-child relationship. A person who adopts a child is not the biological parent of the child, but rather an individual who has chosen to take on the legal, financial, and emotional responsibilities of raising the child as...

Getting a divorce in Mobile or any of the other courts of Alabama is a process that requires time and perseverance. That is because divorce is a legal process that has rules and requirements for a successful outcome to be achieved. When a Mobile resident is ready to...

When Alabama residents are going through a divorce, they understandably have quite a few concerns in mind. For those with minor children, the primary concern is oftentimes how the issue of child custody will play out in the divorce case. Knowledge is power, so...

If you and your spouse are getting a divorce, there are a lot of things to consider. In addition to dividing up your property and coming up with a child custody and visitation agreement, you may also have to consider the topic of alimony or spousal support. What is...

We live in a contemporary world. As such, families look quite different than they did in past decades. Our society largely embraces all types of families from same-sex parents to unmarried parents to adoptive parents. Often, these untraditional family units succeed...