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Lawrence Family Law Attorneys Ready to Help You Move Forward

Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s Lawrence family law attorneys are experienced and effective advocates for all of your family law matters. With client engagement as our primary focus, we aim to understand your specific circumstances, concerns, and goals and build a legal plan unique to your family situation.

Representation Personalized for You and Your Family

JHC’s Lawrence family law lawyers will provide you with a personalized experience and approach to your family law case. Committed to serving you and your family, we listen to your needs and are sensitive to the complexities and emotions involved in this process. We personalize our representation based on the specific facts of your case and give you an objective assessment of likely outcomes. We will guide you through the legal process and any challenges that may appear during the course of your family law case.

Representation for All Family Law Matters

Our Lawrence family law lawyers provide family law representation to clients in Douglas County, Franklin County, Osage County, Jefferson County, and Miami County. We take a commonsense approach to your case and provide you with legal expertise when you are in need of counsel regarding:

• Divorce, Annulment, Legal Separation. Regardless of whether your matter is contentious or amicable, our Lawrence divorce lawyers are at the ready. We manage the complexities of the legal process so our clients can focus on their families. We work to protect your assets and ensure property division is fair and equitable. Our Lawrence divorce lawyers manage complex property division matters and related disputes with ease—always intent on protecting your financial future.
• Custody and Parenting Time. Our Lawrence child custody attorneys can help you with every aspect of custody including legal custody, residency, and parenting time. We know your children’s needs are your top priority, and we will ensure your family’s specific circumstances are considered and represented each step of the way—be it in a divorce or paternity action or modification afterward.
• Child Support. JHC’s Lawrence child support lawyers ensure both parents’ incomes and each child’s specific needs and circumstances are considered when obtaining, modifying, and enforcing child support orders.
• Our Lawrence paternity lawyers can help with all aspects of paternity representation. We represent fathers and mothers—whether they seek to establish or oppose parentage, child custody, and/or child support.
• JHC provides representation to those seeking both temporary and permanent guardianships in Lawrence and the surrounding areas.
• Grandparent Rights. Our Lawrence family law lawyers recognize the importance of protecting a child’s relationship with all family members. Our family law attorneys assist clients in securing visitation rights for grandparents and work with parents to set boundaries or terminate visitation for grandparents.
• Our Lawrence adoption lawyers can guide you through grandparent adoptions, step-parent adoptions, and more.
• Prenuptial Agreements and Postnuptial Agreements. JHC’s Lawrence family law attorneys are skilled at preparing and reviewing premarital agreements and post-marital agreements; let us help you ensure your interests are protected.

Regardless of the situation you find yourself in, Joseph, Hollander & Craft’s Lawrence family law attorneys can help you with your family law matter.

Skilled and Experienced Lawrence Family Law Attorneys

JHC’s Lawrence family law attorneys are skilled and experienced litigators. You can trust them to fiercely advocate for you in and out of the courtroom, strategically negotiate your position, and carefully consider your future when addressing the familial and financial aspect of your family law matter.

The legal system can be bewildering, particularly while experiencing the emotional stress that can come with family law matters. Our Lawrence family law lawyers endeavor to make it easier for our clients. We clearly explain the law and the legal process and maintain effective and consistent communication with each and every client. We will ensure you understand all of your options and provide you with objective and practical legal advice for your specific family law case.

• Lawrence Divorce
• Lawrence Child Custody
• Lawrence Child Support
• Lawrence Adoption

Contact our family law firm in Lawrence for a consultation for your family law matter.

Frequently Asked Questions About Lawrence Family Law Cases

What alternative dispute resolution methods can be used in a divorce case?

Most divorces do not go to trial. Many are handled by alternative methods of dispute resolution such as mediation, conciliation, and arbitration. Each of these methods assists parties in resolving issues such as property division, child custody, child support, and spousal support outside of the courtroom. Agreements made during these alternative dispute resolutions are only binding when put in writing and signed by both parties and their attorneys, if necessary. Even then, the court must approve the agreement.

However, alternative dispute resolutions are not always appropriate for your family law matter. For example, in a divorce where one party has been abused, or where parties simply cannot come to an agreement, the best available option may be litigation.

Will I get spousal maintenance?

It depends. Courts in Kansas first consider the need of the party requesting spousal maintenance and the ability of the other party to pay. Even when maintenance is ordered, the amount and duration of the spousal maintenance differ in each case and may be modified as the parties’ circumstances change.

Kansas law looks at many different factors when determining maintenance. Which factors carry weight and how the factors are evaluated is up to the discretion of the judge. A judge can look at the length of the marriage, each party’s earning potential and resources, the age of the parties, the standard of living the parties were accustomed to during the marriage, and other factors the court deems relevant. Kansas law does not allow spousal maintenance to be ordered for any period longer than 121 months. In rare cases, a maintenance determination may be reassessed after 121 months if the judge orders.