One of the most important things to keep in mind in family law - for everyone involved - is that the parent-child relationship is fundamentally the same throughout the divorce. A divorce decree means that parents will go about their routines differently, and they will...
Family Law
Offering help for life’s challenges
Both family law and probate law have one important quality in common - and it's at the heart of why our team of lawyers at the Law Office of have chosen those areas of law. They both help people through life's challenges: Specifically, the...
Fierce, Compassionate Lawyers: What Our New Motto Means
If you've visited our website lately, you'll notice that we're using the new motto, "Fierce, compassionate lawyers." While the motto's new, the attitude behind it has been with our firm ever since Lisa Vance first founded it - and it's one that we're proud to rally...
The Law Office of Lisa A. Vance welcomes David Adkisson!
is pleased to announce that David M. Adkisson has joined the firm as an of counsel lawyer, specializing in family law, probate law, and personal injury law. "This is the finest firm I know that does family law," Adkisson said of his new...
Who has the rights to keep the placenta after I give birth?
We recently received an interesting call to the Law Office of Lisa Vance, P.C., regarding a placenta. The call specifically asked about whether the parents could keep the placenta, post-birth, to determine whether or not the mother of a newborn was using drugs. I was...
Our new home: Why the Law Office of Lisa A. Vance moved
All of us at the Law Office of are excited about a new change we've made over the last few months - we've moved! We haven't moved far at all, though - in fact, we're just around the corner from the Victorian home that served as our office...
The aggressive family law approach vs. our approach
Some family law cases require what I'd consider to be extraordinary steps to protect the people involved, like filing a temporary restraining order with the divorce filing, or even a "kick-out" order requiring the respondent to leave the shared marital residence....
How is a divorce consultation like a trip to the ER?
I think the analogy of a consultation with a family law attorney being like a trip to the emergency room is an interesting one. Any trip to the ER, unfortunately, starts with someone in pain, and also may involve that person not knowing what's wrong. Like an ER staff,...
When paternity is in question
Determining the paternity of a child sometimes starts with a "he-said-she-said" scenario that eventually works its way to court. Whether it comes from determining that the father of a child should be paying child support, or a father trying to establish...
What Type of Lawyer Do You Want Representing You?
The first thing you should keep in mind when you're looking for a divorce lawyer is that you're not looking for a counselor or friend. You're looking for someone who will hear your concerns about your future (and your children's future), and then work on your behalf...