Family law involves any legal matter in which two or more people are going through a transition in their personal relationship. Family law cases are as unique as each family and can range from family beginnings to marriage endings, including financial and custody determinations that must be made as part of those processes. Many family law cases can be resolved without going to court thanks to mediation and settlement agreements.
Family law encompasses a vast range of relationship issues including:
- Marriages, domestic partnerships, or civil unions
- Prenuptial or postnuptial agreements
- Divorce, annulment, or legal separation
- Division of marital property
- Adoption
- Child custody, visitation/parenting time, and parental rights