Child Custody

Family Lawyers for Child Custody Issues

Child custody and parenting plans don’t have to be combative issues in divorce. At Corriveau Law in Northville, Michigan, our lawyers will work collaboratively to achieve an agreement that is in the best interest of your child. We represent both married clients who divorce as well as clients who need to obtain a support and custody agreement for a child born outside of marriage.

One of the advantages we offer at Corriveau Law is that we are a family who practices law together. We understand the importance of family in your life. We don’t just see it as another area of law.

Legal and Emotional Support

We are all attorneys and counselors. Our father Richard Corriveau, has a degree in psychology in addition to a law degree. We also have a number of experts such as psychiatrists, psychologists and medical doctors we can use to provide you and your children the emotional support as needed.

These experts can do more to help you and your children meet the needs and difficulties you are going through now. They can also articulate to the court in an objective way the child custody and visitation arrangement that would be in the best interest of your child. Michigan law outlines a number of factors the court uses to guide child custody decisions. We will counsel you on those factors so you can be prepared.

It's important to formalize your parenting plan arrangement into an enforceable court order. A parenting time agreement that spells out joint child custody and visitation rights is a way to avoid future arguments, stress and legal disputes.

Child Custody in Paternity Cases

Unless you have a court's order, nothing guarantees you parenting time, custody or support for your child. This can become problematic when you and the child's other parent decide to maintain separate residences, including moving out of state. Unless a court has ruled otherwise, nothing may legally prevent a move of such great distance that it substantially affects your ability to parent. At Corriveau Law, we can immediately began preparing the necessary documents to ensure you are given time with your child(ren) in a fair and equitable manner.

Our lawyers help unmarried parents establish paternity through an affidavit of parentage and obtain formal support and parenting.

Talk to an attorney at Our Firm

For a free initial consultation about child custody with an attorney at our Northville firm, call 248-782-5202 (877-701-4991 toll free) or fill out the contact form on this site.