Marriage dissolution is hard - no matter how amicable the relationship. Our core mission here at Gary Divorce is to make your personal divorce experience a little less hard so you can concentrate your time and energy on healing, recovery, and planning for a healthy, sustainable future.
Our Services
Our team at Gary Divorce is committed to serve on your behalf in the eyes of the law. We work to secure your rights, cater to your best interests, and establish a healthy, sustainable plan for you and your family.
Divorce has many layers – and we have an experienced and highly skilled legal team dedicated to serve your specific needs. From mediation and counseling to adoption and paternal rights, our specialists will prioritize your case with attentiveness and sensitivity.
No matter how hard you tried, maybe it has come time to move forward. As painful and draining as divorce or separation can be, it is often the best decision you could make for your own health and happiness, as well as for that of your family. Our highly trained and dedicated staff at Gary Divorce are committed to helping you put your best foot forward, building a sustainable future. We listen and we respond with your best interests at heart. Our detail-oriented organizational methods will help relieve you of a burden you don’t need to carry, so you can invest your time and energy where it really matters.
Disagreements are often emotionally charged and require a third party to mediate in order to find a middle ground. Our mediators at Lady Justice handle each case with care and delicacy so the subsequent outcome is just and fair. We listen and respond to all parties involved, and collaborate personally with each party in order to reach a settlement. Our mediators work effectively and efficiently to eliminate risk of miscommunication, heated arguments, or escalated situations that could wind up working against you. Mediators help maintain peace and calm in decision making processes, and guides the divorce proceedings in a productive manner.
Divorce proceedings can get complicated when kids are involved. From how much time each parent is granted to the allocation of child support funds, legal processes that involve the stability, health, and well-being of a child are taken very seriously, with mountains of paperwork to prove it. Our Lady Justice child custody specialists work hard to defend your parental rights and responsibilities so you can dedicate your time and energy to the love and support of your child.
One of the earliest stages in a divorce process is to file for legal separation. Whether you are living in the same household or not, a legal separation will signify you are no longer interested in a legal marriage, sharing property or assets, and wish to initiate divorce proceedings. This step is significant for filing taxes, how to divide shared assets, and even for the primary residence of your children. Handled with utmost care and sensitivity, our legal team will work on your behalf to make your separation as seamless and smooth as possible.
Thinking about growing or fusing your family? Adopting a child has become a popular and ideal choice for many families. But adding a new member to your household also comes with careful thought, planning, and legal loopholes that our Lady Justice family law practitioners are more than capable to help you navigate. They are fluent in the legal technicalities, and serve as experienced mediators between adoption agencies and families. The health and well-being of a child is taken very seriously and our firm serves qualified parents interested in opening their heart and home to a child.
The presence and involvement of a father in their child’s life has proven beneficial time and again. Traditionally, the court tends to favor the mother in divorce proceedings that involve children. It is dire that all parties are informed and uphold the father’s legal rights in court and at home. It is our legal responsibility to practice justice and accountability for all parties, on behalf of the health and well-being of the children. Our team here at Lady Justice are trained and specialize in family law, and are available to secure and defend father’s rights in the eyes of the law.
What You Can Expect From Us
Divorce comes with some very hard decisions, no matter how amicable the relationship between two separating partners. Our website and legal team are ready and available to advise, assist, and advocate for you through each detail. Listed below is an overview of what to expect when you entrust our dedicated staff at Gary Divorce to guide you through divorce and separation.
Mediation & Conflict Resolution
Counsel and mediation are strongly recommended for all types of separation and divorce. Divorce can get emotionally charged and working with a third party mediator helps resolve any unsettled disagreements and works to find a common ground. This has proven to be the most effective way to move forward for all parties, encouraging a more calm and rational environment. They minimize the risk of making rash decisions in a heated argument, and ultimately work in favor of both parties to solidify stable resolutions to any problem.
Child Custody
Dividing a child’s time between parents is never easy. Nor is figuring out how much child support they should receive, or where their primary residence should be located. On our Child Custody page, you will find information on the responsibilities of a custodial parent, child and parental rights – including father’s and grandparent’s, and what child support means to each responsible adult.
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
Of course, when assets, businesses, or property are involved, many partners choose to file a prenuptial agreement before they get married, or a postnuptial agreements during or after a divorce. These agreements protect both parties financially, and work to minimize confusion or unfair division of assets in the case of separation or divorce. Some often contain non-disclosure agreements regarding decisions made during the marriage or what may be revealed publicly. We also provide services dedicated towards agreement modifications should an emergency come up or both parties agree on changes that need to be made.
Legal Separation & Annulments
Before you can move forward with divorce proceedings, it is required to have been legally separated for a duration of time. This tedious detail can postpone significant steps in the divorce process so it is beneficial to both parties to file for this as soon as you are able or ready to. This step often requires a separation attorney. In some cases, annulments are appropriate to dissolve the marriage fully so each partner can rightfully remarry.
Business Valuation
Before any decisions are made about a shared business, property, or assets, it is necessary to assess value for how much each is worth. During the process you might even discover that your spouse is hiding finances or assets from you that you are legally entitled to. Our specialists will work with you to uncover any hidden assets and secure your rights to claim your partial ownership.
Contempt & Enforcement
In many cases, one of the parties chooses to not cooperate with the other partner or in the court of law. If a spouse refuses to attend court proceedings or fails to abide by child custodial agreements, you may need to consider our Contempt & Enforcement services to uphold the rights and responsibilities for all parties involved.
Answers
When you find yourself facing divorce, you are most likely inundated with more unanswered questions than you know what to do with. Our job is to make the process of getting divorced less overwhelming for you. On our Answers page, you will find our most frequently asked questions about topics regarding child care, alimony, valuation of assets and separation of property.
Our Promise to You
We promise to prioritize you and your families’ needs and best interests. Our mission is to provide you with everything you need to know about separation, the legal process, child custody, division of assets, and more. We will deliver the necessary toolkit, resources, and legal support you will need to face the divorce process with clarity and confidence. We will address any questions you might have before you even think to ask them. We will cover all your bases, even the ones you might not have considered, and how to easily navigate through them step-by-step.
We Take Justice to Heart
Gary Divorce understands how trying a divorce can become. We want to help you make the best choices, the right choices for you and the ones you love.
Through our online and in person services, we are committed to help you obtain the outcomes you want and need in order to move forward with your life plans and goals. Ideally, we would like to help you move through a peaceful and rational divorce process. Although this doesn’t always end up being the case, we will give you our very best so you can work towards a healthy, sustainable future.
Our priorities are your priorities.