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The Family Law Team at our firm guides clients through the emotional times of marital separation, divorce and parenting disputes. In addition, our team is able to effectively represent our clients’ interests by offering inventive solutions for complex asset distribution issues including business, real estate, estate planning, and retirement assets. Our attorneys are fully equipped to manage a divorce from negotiation to settlement to litigation, if necessary. We offer private mediation, where parties can reach agreements outside of Court with the help of a neutral third party.
As one of the most experienced family law groups in the region, we have the experience, dedication and familiarity with alternative approaches that allow us to guide our clients to a resolution best-suited to their objectives and needs.
Services Provided
- Complex divorce
- Family law mediation
- Child support and alimony
- Parenting plans
- Post-divorce issues
- Litigation
- Domestic Violence
- DCYF Involvement
- Appeals
- Relocation
- Division of retirement benefits (QDROs) and other ERISA matters
- Estate Planning
- Real Estate
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Alimony may be awarded in periodic payments or in a lump sum. A Court may award alimony for a definite or indefinite period.
The process in NH and VT is basically the same except that after a legal separation neither party is free to marry. However, after a legal separation, parties may resume being married by filing a notice with the clerk of court. A legal separation may be converted to a divorce after a certain period.
Marital property in a divorce is defined in NH by RSA 458:16-a to include all property no matter when it was acquired and no matter whose name it may be in. The same is true in VT pursuant to VSA 15 § 751.
Collaborative divorce is a form of alternate dispute resolution that offers divorcing couples a hands-on settlement with legal representation. It is a method of resolving divorce issues with the active participation of a lawyer for each party, a coach and a financial neutral. By contract, both parties and both lawyers agree not to litigate. If negotiations break down, the lawyers are disqualified from representing their clients in litigation. The lawyers work cooperatively to structure the process and facilitate settlement.