David S. Heier has 30 years of experience as an attorney. He has extensive experience practicing law in a broad range of legal areas, but he now concentrates his practice on family law matters. A family law attorney must know other areas of the law in order to give comprehensive legal advice to a family law client. Questions may arise regarding the effects of bankruptcy, tax consequences, real estate transactions, military service member rights and benefits, redrafting wills, conduct of family business or corporation and other civil or criminal proceedings. A divorce might include other areas of law so it would be advantageous to have an attorney who is experienced in a wide range of legal matters.
Family Law includes divorce, dissolution, child custody, child support and spousal support. It also includes contempt proceedings when a court order must be enforced against the offending party.
The allocation of parental rights and responsibilities, shared parenting, companionship rights, local visitation, long distance visitation, residential parent for school purposes, sole custody, split custody are all ways of talking about how parents are going to deal with the children when they terminate their marriage.
Division of marital assets and the allocation of marital debt might include cars, auto loans, house, mortgages, credit cards, bank accounts, stocks, bonds, retirement pensions, IRA accounts, 401(k) accounts, inheritances, gifts of money or loans from other family, separate property owned prior to the marriage and prenutial agreements.
The emotional stress of a marriage break-up and the stress of a court proceeding can be daunting. We care about you and your case. We will assist you in the legal process every step of the way.
Explore our website for detailed information about our legal services. You will also find information about Ohio laws, courts, legal procedures and other family law related information.