About

Laurie Schmitt is a licensed lawyer that specialize in family regulation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With over decades of revel in, she presents customized and affordable representation for clients facing divorce, toddler custody, and other circle of relatives regulation subjects. I am a graduate of Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and a Michigan State Bar and U.S. Western District Court licensed legal professional focusing on circle of relatives law. Since organising my very own exercise in Grand Rapids, Michigan, I actually have represented customers with their own family regulation-associated cases which include divorce, collaborative divorce, child custody, visitation, paternity, trade of domicile, baby aid, spousal assist, and publish-judgment problems. I centered my practice on family regulation after spending over many years immersed inside the courtroom system as a paralegal. I assisted lawyers and their clients in navigating the tough, and regularly painful manner that came with changes in own family shape and obligations. Because I recognize how tough family regulation troubles can be, I am dedicated to teaching my clients on all of their alternatives available to them and their families, as well as on the system. I continually start each case with the cause and wish that we can settle your case with out the need for not on time and luxurious litigation. I am a certified civil mediator, licensed domestic family members mediator, and have been certified inside the exercise of collaborative divorce. Collaborative divorce can offer honest and reasonable consequences for all of us worried inside the divorce, such as the youngsters, and decrease unnecessary battle within the system. However, I even have a song file of presenting competitive representation in Michigans own family court docket device if a settlement can't be reached. Regardless of the street your case takes, I will usually provide you with personalised, satisfactory, and low-priced representation. Serving the subsequent counties: Kent, Allegan, Newaygo, Ionia, Ottawa, Montcalm, Muskegon, and Barry.

Legal Issues

Family Law

Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father s Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law

Divorce

Collaborative Law, Contested Divorce, Military Divorce, Property Division, Same Sex Divorce, Spousal Support & Alimony, Uncontested Divorce

Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, Victims Rights , Victims Rights

• Mediation
• Collaborative Divorce
• Limited Scope Representation

Certificates

Family Law Certificate
Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Basic Interdisciplinary Collaborative Training
Collaborative Practice Institute of Michigan

General Civil Mediator Training
The Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan

Languages

• English: Spoken, Written

Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience

• Lawyer, Mediator, and Collaborative Lawyer
  Schmitt Law, PLLC
  2012

Education

Associations

Costs

• Free Consultancy Service
  One-half hour free
• Payment With Credit Card
  Visa and Mastercard
• Retaines and Rates
  LIMITED SCOPE SERVICES There are times when you simply do not require the services of an attorney throughout your entire case. It may be that you need to know the relevant law regarding a specific subject matter, or simply need assistance with drafting documents. With Limited Scope Services, you are contracting for specific services, rather than hiring me to take over the entire case. And you pay for only those services you need. These services are offered on an hourly basis, and are paid when the legal assistance is provided. Therefore, there are no future invoices or hefty retainers to be paid up front. You simply pay as you go, and only pay for the services you really need.

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