A GREAT Pittsburgh Divorce Law Firm and Attorneys for Divorce, Support, Child Custody, in Allegheny (Pittsburgh) and Beaver County

Our family law attorneys in Pittsburgh handle
cases in Western PA, including Beaver County.
We handle both types of divorce: fault and no
fault. Our divorce lawyers also handle claims for
child custody (grandparent, parent, father,
mother, step parent, interstate), dependency
hearings, PFA (protection from abuse), support
(spousal support, alimony pendente lite, child
support), prenuptial agreements, cohabitation
agreements, and adoption. Get a Pittsburgh
lawyer who will work with opposing counsel to
bring your divorce, claim for support, or child
custody matter to an efficient and reasonable
resolution. We will reasonably handle your
prenuptial agreement or the dissolution of your
marriage and we willl get agressive with a
petition for contempt when needed following an
order for divorce, alimony, spousal support, or
child custody than necessary. Emotions will be
running high during your family law issue, why
prolong the situation or make it more expensive
than it needs to be? We suggest that you rely
on an experienced family law lawyer who has
respesented a husband or a wife in prior cases
and can see the issue from all sides. Your
Pittsburgh lawyer should look for an early
resolution of all calims for support (APL and
spousal), child custody and other family law and
divorce matters when possible. We have offices
in Allegheny County, serving Beaver County,
Washington County, McKees Rocks, Ross,
Bellevue, Avalon, Sewickely, Shaler, Monroeville,
Monongahela, Moon, Fox Chapel, Oakmont, Ross
(North Hills), Evans City, McCandless, Brighton
Heights, the Monroeville areas. We also handle
cases throughout Beaver County, including
Monaca, Hopewell, Ambridge, Center Township,
Aliquippa, and Beaver Falls. Schedule an
appointment today for a lawyer to protect your
rights.

Plan for the Worst
You should be ready to prove to the judge or hearing officer
why you are entitled to a significant portion of the maritial
estate. You only get one chance to make a first impression
in the eyes of the judge. That judge may preside over every
matter in your case at the present time and into the future
if, for example, you need a child support modification or a
modification to a custody agreement/order. You need to
convince that judge that you are credible and that your
method to distribute or divide the marital estate is
appropriate.

Best Use of Counsel
Your attorneys will appreciate the difficulties you will face
when going through a divorce, especially when the parties
to thd divorce cannot agree over the division of asests.
Experienced attorneys can guide you through the process
and propose common sense solutions to complex problems.
Draw on the creativity and experience of a seasoned lawyer.

Good News
If you get ready for court, you will be pleasantly surprised if
all the issues in your case resolve through a settlement
agreement. We can also help draft (or interpret) your
cohabitation agreement, pre-marital agreement, prenuptial
agreements, postnuptial agreement, petitions for temporary
possession of property or use of home, equitable
distribution, hearings on equitable distribution, petitions for
sole possession, prenuptial agreements (drafting),
enforcement of prenuptial agreement, claim for engagement
ring, location of assets, cases where bigamy is alleged and
other complex issues of divorce exist.

Things to Consider
In trying to resolve your case, your lawyer will try to
negotiate the equitable distribution portion of the divorce as
amicably as possible and we often recommend mediation.
Our Pittsburgh attorneys constantly look for ways to
streamline a divorce whether the proceedings involve a
fault-based divorce and a no-fault divorce. Our lawyers
evaluate whether prenuptial agreements can be upheld. We
also evaluate issues of an engagement ring and whether and
engagement ring must be returned if the marriage never
takes place.

Support.
We will look at the relative income of each party and apply
the legislative tables/guidelines to give you a realistic
estimate of the support obligation involved in your case.
Below are the various types of support:

(1) SPOUSAL SUPPORT. This type of exists for the
dependent spouse prior to divorce. Each Pittsburgh attorney
at our firm can help you evaluate the support obligation that
is payable in your case in Western Pennsylvania, mainly
Allegheny (Pittsburgh), Beaver, and Washington Counties.

(2) ALIMONY. This type of support can exists following the
entry of a divorce decree. An attorney must evaluate claims
for alimony and help work out whether any award for alimony
should be agreed upon or ordered, and the amount of
alimony.

(3) APL. This is the type of support a dependent spouse
may receive while divorce proceedings are ongoing and the
dependent spouse needs income to sustain himself/herself
during the divorce proceedings.

(3) CHILD SUPPORT. A child support obligation exists
independent of marriage, divorce, or custody for the most
part. Contact us for an estimate of the child support
obligation involved in your case.

Custody.
CLAIMS BY PARENTS. Each attorney at our firm is willing to
represent a parent (father or mother, husband or wife)
during claims for custody. We handle claims for total
custody, partial custody and/or visitation only filed in
Pennsylvania and also interstate claims. We also attend
custody conferences and proceedings before hearing officers
and judges and/or custody trials. Our attorneys also handle
appeals to custody resolutions. Further, in the context of a
custody determination, we also handle other matters that
may surface, such as Protection from Abuse Hearings (PFA)
that take place while child support issues remain ongoing.
We also help with PFA appeals. We negotiate with other
lawyers to resolve the matter most efficiently. Our attorneys
always try to negotiate with the other lawyer or lawyers
involved in the case. Call us to speak with experienced
family law attorneys on this matter.

CLAIMS BY GRANDPARENTS. Each lawyer with us analyzes
issues concerning claims for custody by grandparents and
other family members. We evaluate the basis for standing for
a grandparent or other family member and we handle
representation of grandparents and other family members at
conferences, hearings, and trials. As always, our attorneys
try to negotiate with the litigant or lawyer on the other side
of the case to bring about the most reasonable resolution of
every case. We handle these issues throughout Allegheny
County (including Pittsburgh), Beaver, and Washington
Counties. Call us to speak with experienced family law
attorneys on this matter.

Dependency.
Our attorneys handle hearings on child delinquency and
dependency. Each attorney with us handles trials of
delinquency matters, and appeals of delinquency matters.
We work with Children and Youth Services of Allegheny,
Beaver, and Washington Counties (CYF and/or CYS) to
resolve a variety of issues such as dependency, visitation,
adoption, parental custody, foster care placement, and
custody and/or visitation by grandparents and other family
members. We also handle name changes, petitions for name
changes and hearings. Further, we handle issues concerning
the joint ownership of assets outside of marriage. We handle
these issues throughout Allegheny County (including
Pittsburgh), Beaver County, and Washington County.

Protection from Abuse Act (PFA)
Our attorneys can handle PFA (protection from abuse)
cases. When needed, we can handle appeals from PFA
hearings to the Superior Court. Each lawyer with is prepared
to file a motion to enforce a PFA orders, when applicable. As
always, our attorneys try to negotiate with the litigant or
lawyer on the other side of the case to bring about the most
reasonable resolution of every case.

Overall, our Pittsburgh family law practice handles divorce
(fault and no fault), claims for the custody of a child or
children on behalf of a parent (mother or father, husband or
wife), child custody on behalf of a grandparent, step parent,
or interstate claim), dependency hearings, PFA (protection
from abuse), support (spousal support, alimony pendente
lite, child support), prenuptial agreements, cohabitation
agreements, and adoption. Get a lawyer who will work with
opposing counsel to bring your divorce, claim for support, or
child custody matter to an efficient and reasonable
resolution. We will reasonably handle the dissolution of your
marriage and we'll charge reasonable fees for help with
divorce, alimony, spousal support, or child custody than
necessary? Emotions will be running high during your family
law issue, why prolong the situation or make it more
expensive than it needs to be? We suggest that you rely on
an experienced family law lawyer who has respesented the
husband and/or the wife in prior disputes, and can get
agreement and early resolution of all support (APL and
spousal), child custody and divorce matters when possible.
We have offices in, Allegheny, Beaver, and Washington
Counties, serving Pittsburgh, McKees Rocks, Ross, Bellevue,
Avalon, Sewickely, Shaler, Monroeville, Monongahela, Moon,
Fox Chapel, Oakmont, Ross (North Hills), Evans City,
McCandless, Brighton Heights, the Monroeville areas. We
also handle cases throughout Beaver County, including
Monaca, Hopewell, Ambridge, Center Township, Aliquippa,
and Beaver Falls. Schedule an appointment today for a
lawyer to protect your rights.

and advocate zealously for your interets in court. Our
Pittsburgh and Beaver County family law attorneys handle
divorce (no-fault divorce and fault-based divorce), issues of
separation in no-fault (what it means to live “separate and
apart” for the requisite time). We analyze the impact of
appellate court decisions and statutes (including the divorce
code) concerning “common law” marriage in Pennsylvania
and lingering issues of common law marriage.