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Children Issues

Establishing Paternity: The most common type of parentage suit is a suit to establish paternity of a child. Through this type of lawsuit, the court establishes the child's biological father custodial rights, establishes visitation, and outlines the parent's financial duties as it relates to the child(ren).

If you have a child and need to establish a parent child relationship so that child support can be paid, please call so that we can visit with you.

If you have a child, outside of marriage, and need assistance with understanding child support guidelines, establishing custody or routine visitation with your child, the O’Connell Law Firm can assist you with your paternity action.

Child Support and Child Custody: The O’Connell Law Firm works with parents every day on child support and child custody issues.

If you need to establish regular child support payments, modify your child support payments due to a change in income or circumstances or if a change in physical custody of a child needs to be made then the O’Connell Law Firm can help you find a personalized solution.

Step-Parent Adoption:

We are happy to talk about your step-parent adoption with you. If you are interested in more information about step-parent adoption, please contact us and we can give you more information.

Tip: If you are separated or divorced from your child's non-custodial parent, and you and your "ex" do not see "eye to eye" on matters involving your child(ren), remember putting your child first will always produce a positive result.

There is a document called the Children's Bill of Rights that talks about Children in Divorce - you can be read it here.

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