Teri Goldman

We provide understanding legal services. Contact us to start a discussion about your family law case. Our Missouri family law attorney is prepared to offer assistance for your situation. For help with specific family law issues, your best place can be at a law firm where you can receive a complimentary consultation. There, in your free appointment, you will receive confidential legal advice, tailored to your circumstances. We can help you to review options, discuss goals, and determine what help you need. 

Some reasons why a family attorney can be important:

You could be tempted thinking you could file a divorce by yourself with documents from the internet or a self-help legal book/ Do-it-yourself family law may seem acceptable for some types of situations, yet people ought to seriously give thought to hiring a family lawyer to handle a divorce. Read these five reasons to consider hiring a lawyer for a divorce.

Expert Legal Advice

A qualified and experienced family attorney can provide help to a person considering divorce and their job is to make sure you have everything you deserve and need during your divorce proceeding. If you do not do so, it is possible that you could be taken advantage of. Missouri law does not support even marriage splits for your assets necessarily if your situation is not conducive to protecting yourself. Some situations indicate that you could be entitled to the retirement account of your spouse or vice versa, and there are things that might need to be done to protect yourself.

Reduce Divorce Stress

The process is stressful enough. By having an attorney, you can protect yourself and sleep better knowing that you will not be taken advantage of.

Avoid Costly Mistakes

It only takes a few mistakes to lose significant money. For example, the appraisal of an asset could be very costly because you could end up underestimating the value of a spouse's asset. On the other hand, you could end up giving your ex-spouse more money than necessary for a significant asset which belongs to you. Additionally, going to court without representation could also be costly in being required to do things over again multiple times instead of doing it right the first time.

Clear Agreement

Errors in clarity end up causing serious issues down the road. Divorce attorneys know the pitfalls which a person can encounter. 

Avoiding Divorce Delays

There are deadlines, timelines, and other issues that go into the process of completing a divorce, and by hiring an attorney, you can be assured that these deadlines do not come and go and cause you additional delays.