Family Law
Our office will take care of all procedural aspects of your proceeding including the initial filing, discovery process, motions, trials, and reaching a resolution of your case outside of court, when possible. We can help with all legal issues including the division of assets and debts, maintenance, and parenting. Taking care of these legal and procedural items reduces client stress, and helps to prepare our clients to move beyond their legal situation, to a successful and happy future. We provide the following services:
- Divorce
- Legal Separation
- Paternity
- Child Custody/Visitation
- Child Support
- Step-Parent Adoption
- Post-Divorce Issues:
- Recalculation of Child Support
- Child Custody Modification
- Marital Property Division
Mediation
Like arbitration, mediation is an alternative method to resolve a dispute rather than using the customary route of litigation in our traditional court system. However, unlike arbitration, mediation is typically non-binding which means the mediator will not render a decision that is binding on the parties. Rather, the mediator will work as a facilitator attempting to get the parties to reach an agreed compromise settlement. If you would like more information about or assistance with mediation, please contact our office.
Personal Injury
Personal injury claims arise when a person is injured or killed through the carelessness or negligence of another. The injury may be either physical or emotional. The Law Office of Joan E. Cook has extensive experience handling claims involving personal injury. Our services are geared to help injured people recover fair compensation for their injuries through negotiation or, if necessary, litigation. We provide services for every aspect of a claim, including negotiation with an insurance company through the various stages of litigation, including trial and appeal.
We work with insurance companies, attorneys, and medical providers to obtain the best possible result for our personal injury clients. We represent injured people in the following type of claims:
- Automobile
- Motorcycle
- Boating and diving accidents
- Slip and fall accidents
Will/Probate/Estate Planning
The Law Office of Joan E. Cook will prepare your Will, Durable Powers of Attorney and Living Wills to ease your mind. We will also assist you in your probate or represent clients as personal representatives or executors in probating decedents' wills and provide a broad array of legal services relating tot transactions arising during estate administration.