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Atlanta-Marietta Family Law Attorneys

Few events in life are as painful or stressful as a divorce or contentious child custody dispute. Even the best situation may offer only partial solutions in terms of the best interests of children, mothers and fathers. When confronted with issues in a divorce, it is important to have a lawyer on your side who cares. At Stearns-Montgomery & Associates, we appreciate the dynamics of divorce and family law. Our lawyers focus on the best interests of children, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers and grandparents in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Sensitive and Caring Lawyers

While many family law attorneys promote themselves as aggressive trial lawyers willing to fight until the bitter end, we don't fight unless we have to. Our lawyers never put a child in the middle of a family law dispute. At Stearns-Montgomery & Associates, we like to be part of the solution, not the problem. As lawyers, we distinguish ourselves through efficient and cost-effective legal representation. Our areas of practice include:

• Family law and divorce: adoption, alimony, child custody, visitation, child support, divorce, marital agreements, mediation, equitable property division, paternity, contempt, arrearages and postjudgment modification
• Child custody and visitation: temporary custody, legal custody, physical custody, grandparent custody, termination of parental rights, contempt, and enforcement and modification of orders
• Child support: child support orders, child support enforcement, contempt and postjudgment modification
• Equitable property division: marital asset and debt division, business interests, retirement accounts, pension plans, qualified domestic relations orders (QDRO), income deduction orders (IDO), prenuptial agreements and settlement agreements
• Alimony: spousal maintenance, spousal support and alimony awards and appeals
• Adoptions and stepparent adoptions: stepparent adoptions, name changes, termination of parental rights (TPR), involuntary termination of parental rights (TPR), contested adoption and interstate adoption
• Paternity and legitimation: paternity tests, child support and visitation
• Marital agreements: marital settlement agreements, marital separation agreements, marital property agreements, premarital agreements and prenuptial agreements
• Domestic violence and other criminal defense: restraining orders, misdemeanor and felony criminal defense, DUI-DWI and traffic offenses

With two strategically located offices in Atlanta and Marietta, we act as advocates for families throughout the Atlanta metropolitan area, including people in Atlanta, Marietta, Alpharetta, Buckhead, Canton, Dallas, Decatur, Douglasville, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Roswell, Sandy Springs and Smyrna.

Speak with a caring family law attorney: Call Stearns-Montgomery & Associates today at (770) 426-1148 or fill out our simple contact form.

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