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Family Law
Premier Legal Advocacy Tempered with Empathy and Practicality in order to Serve your Family Law Needs
In this especially sensitive and emotional area of law, Aertker Legal, LLC offers practical, compassionate, and cost-effective representation across the entire spectrum of family law, including:
Divorce
Child Custody
Child Support
Spousal Support
Community Property
Paternity Actions
Adoptions
Emancipations
Interdictions
Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial Agreements
Name Changes
Powers of Attorney, Contracts of Mandate & Acts of Procuration.
Divorce
"I used to hope that you'd bring me flowers. Now I plant my own." - Rachel Wolchin
Aertker Legal, LLC represents the interests of persons involved in both "no-fault" and "at-fault" divorces under Louisiana or Mississippi law. Stephen will carefully guide you through the legal pitfalls of a divorce action, protecting your interests during the emotional legal process of dissolving your traditional or covenant marriage.
Child Custody & Child Support
“Co-parenting is not a competition. It’s a collaboration of two homes working together with the best interest of the child at heart. Work for your kids not against them.” – Anne Brown
Aertker Legal, LLC represents the interests of individuals involved in a legal action to determine the custody and financial support of minor children. Whether as incident to a divorce or as a stand-alone legal action, Stephen will provide legal counsel and advocacy to craft, through negotiation or judgment, a custodial plan and financial support arrangement that satisfies the needs and desires of the client and serves the "best interests" of the child(ren).
Community Property Partitions
"Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted." - Richard Wagner
Aertker Legal, LLC represents the interests of individuals in resolving community property partition issues, which refers to the division of property and debts acquired during a marriage. Stephen will provide effective and practical legal counsel during this painstaking process so as to ensure you receive your fair share of marital assets, thereby enhancing your post-divorce financial well being.
Adoptions
“To adopt a child is a great work of love. When it is done, much is given, but much is also received. It is a true exchange of gifts.” — Pope John Paul II
Aertker Legal, LLC is blessed to represent individuals in the complicated yet heartwarming legal process of adoptions. Whether it be a an intrafamily adoption, private adoption, agency adoption, or an adult adoption, Stephen will help you navigate the byzantine maze of necessary to create the legal bond and safeguard the harmonious relationship with your new beloved family member.
Prenuptial & Postnuptial Agreements
"It Wasn't Raining When Noah Built the Ark" - Howard Ruff
Aertker Legal, LLC is pleased to represent clients who need to draft a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement. A prenuptial agreement is a contract completed by a couple before they get married. This contract sets forth the rights for each party should they eventually decide to get a divorce or the marriage dissolve for other reasons. Prenuptial agreements are often used by those with considerable financial resources or ownership assets. This contract enables each party to keep their assets separate and safe from potential division upon the dissolution of the marriage. Postnuptial agreements are similar to prenuptial agreements, except for the fact that they are written during the marriage. Postnuptial agreements are often a good option for couples who are having marital problems and know that divorce is a possibility down the road
Both prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements must be created properly with meticulous attention to detail in order to comply with the applicable laws so as to be enforced. If a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement isn’t correctly written, then the benefits and protections that the document professes to provide are practically worthless. Stephen will represent you in drafting these documents to make sure that, in the event of a divorce, the agreement is legally binding and enforceable on the parties, thereby ensuring a significantly less stressful (financially and emotionally) divorce process.