- DivorceIf you or a loved one is currently going through a divorce, you know how emotionally debilitated it can leave you. Divorces can be messy, and here at Derr & Villarreal, LLC we understand the struggles you are going through. Our divorce mediation attorneys are here to help you exercise any rights you may have regarding your divorce. There is no reason to go through a divorce alone and we strive to fight for fair agreements between disputing spouses. If you are struggling to come to final decisions and agreements with your ex-spouse, mediation may be a wise decision to help facilitate fair resolutions.
- Child SupportInitially, we’ll discuss what immediate issues need to be handled if there is a dispute such as who will continue to live in the residence if you cannot live together as well as immediate financial issues such as marital support, child support, health insurance, responsibility for the payment of debts and a placement schedule to share your children.
- Child Custody and VisitationA knowledgeable visitation rights lawyer Oshkosh WI grandparents should look for knows how to navigate through the court system to help you be able to see your grandchild. When and how have you spent time with your grandchild? Do you get to see your grandchild now? Are the mother and father of your grandchild married or divorced? These are some of the basic questions to help determine your success of getting a court order that awards you specific visits with your grandchild. An attorney can help you decide if you would be successful in getting a visit ordered for yourself.
- Adoption
- PaternityFor parents who are married, paternity or legal fatherhood is established at the birth of the child. In the event that the parents are not married, establishing legal fatherhood must be ordered by the court. Having the help and legal guidance of an accomplished West Bend family law attorney can help you to establish paternity in a timely manner. At Derr & Villarreal, LLC, we can provide you with qualified and passionate legal counsel to help you resolve paternity issues.
- Premarital AgreementIf you have questions about any of these areas of the law, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us. We can answer any of your concerns and clarify some of the more complicated issues for you.
- Guardianship
- Spousal SupportAlimony – which is also referred to as spousal support or spousal maintenance – has nothing to do with which spouse may have engaged in wrongful conduct that caused the marriage to end. Instead, the purpose of alimony is to provide the receiving spouse the financial support to either continue living in the same standard of living as he or she did while married or give the spouse the opportunity to finish their education, obtain training, or whatever else they may need in order to reenter the workforce.
- Legal SeparationDivorce requires the marriage to be irretrivably broken and does not allow a party to remarry until six months. A legal separation requires that a marriage is broken and does not allow the parties to remarry until the legal separation is converted to a divorce
- AnnulmentAn annulment means the marriage never legally existed. There are limited reasons a marraige is not legal. For example, one party may have been too young, unable to have sexual intercourse, incapable of consenting to the marriage or induced to marry by fraud or force
- Child Abuse
- Personal InjuryLisa Derr is an experienced Divorce and Family Mediator with three offices in east central Wisconsin. She started the family mediation practice in 1995. Lisa earned her BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1984 in four years despite a serious car accident that involved a 2-month hospital stay. She began practicing law in 1987. For the first 8 years of her career, Lisa litigated personal injury and divorce cases. But she was frustrated with the tremendous financial and emotional cost of divorce trials. Contested hearings inhibited reconciliation and healing for thewhole family. She started the Beaver Dam divorce mediation practice in 1995 and with her partner, Cassel Villarreal, expanded to Oshkosh and West Bend ten years later.
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- Tax LawIf you’ve made the decision to divorce and need an experienced Oshkosh divorce attorney, look to Derr & Villarreal to help you with every stage of the divorce process. Our top-notch firm is comprised of compassionate, knowledgeable attorneys and mediators who have devoted decades to the practice of family law and divorce mediation. Our attorneys know that an all-out war is harmful to you and your children. Because the timing of filing for divorce is also important, you must know your own financial background and any relevant changes in the tax law to maximize what is best for you and your family.