Family Law Lawyer in Peoria

Family law is a specialized area of civil law (as opposed to criminal law) that deals with matters such as divorce, separation, division of property, child custody, support after the dissolution of marriage, and even restraining orders in domestic abuse situations.

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Finding Clarity Amidst Chaos: Enlisting a Peoria Family Law Attorney for Personalized Legal Guidance

When family matters require the help or intervention of the law, you already know that it’s going to be a tumultuous situation. With so many extremely personal factors involved between spouses or parents, it can be difficult to add complicated legal procedures to the mix. The last thing you need when dealing with these emotional issues is the added stress and anxiety of navigating the legal process connected with it on your own. You need the help of an effective and trustworthy family law attorney in Peoria to guide you through the process.

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What Sets Hanauer Law Apart?

Rob Hanauer, founder of our firm, has the character and background that make for highly-effective legal representation. Despite building a team of like-minded lawyers, paralegals, and other stand-out professionals, Rob still makes it a point to meet every person who comes to us for help. As a husband, father, and former educator of business law and paralegal studies at the local community college, he has the empathy and thorough legal knowledge at hand that help build a comfortable, strong attorney-client relationship. Add to this his innate competitive nature and love of winning, and you have the perfect combination of authentic relatability and an aggressive presence in the courtroom.

Compassionate Family Law Attorney in Peoria, Illinois, Ready to Help

Going through a divorce and its aftermath is a lot to handle. It affects all parts of your life. You have the financial aspects of divorce, and you have to safeguard your relationship with your children. What could be more important? Our family law lawyers in Peoria understand what you are going through. We believe that offering a compassionate ear is as important as the legal services we provide.

Family Law Should Be about Quality, Not Quantity

We take the time to get to know you and get a full understanding of the struggles you are facing. Whether you are currently considering divorce, have been served with divorce papers, need to modify a support or custody agreement, or need an order of protection against an abusive spouse or partner, we are here to help. These matters require attention and you should never feel like just one in a crowd of clients. We are all about one-on-one client attention and would never apply some cookie-cutter methodology to roll out divorces like some factories focused on production numbers.

Contact The Family Law Attorneys at Hanauer Law

For compassionate legal services to help you navigate through a divorce or any family law matter, contact us by calling 844-583-7431 or filling out our online contact form.

Divorce

Uncontested or collaborative divorce, mediation, contested divorce, dissolution of Civil Unions, legal separation, division of property, post-divorce agreement modifications, etc.

High-Net-Worth Divorce

Cases involving net incomes of over $500,000, division of high-end assets, real estate, businesses, investments, investigation of potentially “hidden property”, and other related issues.

Custody / Parenting Time

Ensuring parent-child relationships are protected, parenting plans, custodial parent, physical custody, legal custody, and residential parent issues.

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Child Support

How child support is calculated, private-school tuition, daycare expenses, medical care, special needs, and more.

Spousal Maintenance / Alimony

Whether or not there will be spousal support, how long maintenance payments will be made, calculation of payments, high-net-worth alimony, remarriage, change in circumstances, termination of support, etc.

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Parentage & Paternity

Cases involving disputed parentage, fathers’ rights, enforcement of child custody or child support.

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Relocation & Removal

Move away cases involving a remarriage or new job, residential parent rights, what is considered a “relocation”, court notifications for relocation, preventing a relocation, how a judge determines the best interests of a child in move away cases.

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Family Law Appeals

Petitioning appellate court for changes in parenting plans, child support, maintenance, division of property, and more.

Orders of Protection

Temporary protection orders (TPO), domestic abuse, protection of children, restraining order hearings, misuse of restraining orders, restraining order violations.