Child custody Lawyer
Practice Areas: Child Custody, Divorce & Separation ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Deferral of charges - 1 year
Client was charged with burglary after the state alleged that he broke into a number of different vehicles and a local business. Following discovery and negotiation with the prosecutor, the client was ... granted a deferral agreement. This agreement allowed the client the ability to avoid having to enter a plea of guilty and to avoid formal probation.
OUTCOME: Settlement - greatly increased custody time for Father
Following 6 years of having an incredibly limited custody arrangement in which a father had no summer or winter vacation time with his son, a settlement was reached on the day of trial. The settlement ... allowed for the father to nearly double his time with his son, and allowed them to plan - for the first time - family vacations, hunting trips, and other adventures.
OUTCOME: Settlement
Client settled case without payment of either alimony and with an equal division of marital property. Client was able to retain the property he valued most and avoided protracted litigation in what st ... arted as a very contested case.
OUTCOME: Reunification
Following a 3 year long grandparent guardianship in which the mother had severely restricted access to her minor child, a settlement agreement was reached between the parties that allowed the mother to ... be reunified with her child. Following the successful completion of the agreement after a year, the grandparent guardianship will be terminated and the mother will resume full custody of her child.
OUTCOME: Order of Protection denied
Father's son was taken from him following a breakup with the mother. Mother filed a child order of protection alleging violence and neglect. The consequences of such an order could have denied the f ... ather all visitation rights for as much as a year. After hearing the evidence, the judge determined that the allegations of abuse and neglect were not substantiated.
OUTCOME: Order of Protection denied
Ex-girlfriend accused client of sexual assault and threat with a firearm. Client's conceal and carry and custody rights were at risk if order of protection is put in place. After a full hearing on th ... e evidence, the judge dismissed the order of protection.
OUTCOME: Placement - reunification of minor child with his biological father
The father of a young child with special needs engaged a case in which the mother had lost custody. The father of the minor child was out-of-state, and at a distinct disadvantage in terms of coordinat ... ing with Missouri Children's Division workers to see his son and to communicate what he needed to do to gain custody. After 2 years of fighting to gain custody of his child from the state, he was at risk of losing the child permanently. After entering, identifying the issues, and helping the father communicate and coordinate with the state, we were able to secure a placement of the minor child with his biological father - reuniting them for the first time in 2 1/2 years and moving the minor child to his father's home.
OUTCOME: Plea - deferral of majority of fines, deferral of majority of the charges
Client was charged by the City Municipal Prosecutor's Office with a wide range of zoning violations, with fines potentially exceeding $100,000. After several months of negotiation, working with both t ... he client and the prosecution, the client was offered unsupervised probation with a plea to only 8 violations and a deferral of nearly all of the fines.
OUTCOME: Client returned to handicap-accessible home
Adult order of protection in which handicapped person was refused entry into their home due to an ex parte and allegations of abuse. Client was homeless due to ex parte. Client was allowed to return ... to their handicap accessible home following negotiations.
OUTCOME: Suspended Imposition of Sentence - Unsupervised Probation
Client was accused of assaulting another person in a fistfight. After reviewing the evidence and negotiating with the prosecution for several months, the client was able to receive a Suspended Imposit ... ion of Sentence with unsupervised probation. This allowed the client the opportunity to avoid being sentenced for the crime following successful completion of probation.
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