Children Issues

Establishing Paternity: The most common type of parentage suit is a suit to establish paternity of a child. Through this suit, the court gives the child's biological father custodial rights, establishes visitation, and outlines your financial duties as it relates to your child(ren). 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 families daily to ensure that the basic needs of a child are met and that actions are taken to ensure that the best interest of the child is adhered to. If you need to establish regular child support payments, modify your child support payments due to a substantial and/or material change, if a change in physical custody of a child needs to be addressed, then the O’Connell Law Firm can represent you and provide a personalized solution to meet your goals.

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. Please take the time to review the "Children's Bill of Rights".