Recent Blog Posts in January 2010

Our clients are grappling with some of the most difficult and emotionally charged issues that they will have to confront in their lives.  For this reason, my colleagues at Claery & Green and I are committed to affording clients a sense of calmness amid naturally chaotic situations.  We are able to accomplish this through our compassion and understanding, and from the confidence that we have developed from our professional experience.  We ultimately channel our clients' emotion into a productive energy that contributes to their cause, thereby helping us to achieve superior results. 

Cliff Eisenhut
Attorney at Law, Claery & Green, LLP

Many fathers contact our attorneys to ask what rights they have to visit their child (or children) if they were never married to the mother and there are no orders in place.  The answer is that they are at the mother’s mercy, alas.  This results in inconsistent visitations or even complete alienation due to a mother’s refusal to provide visits.  This is perilous to both the father and the child.

It is imperative for a father to establish a legal relationship with his child in order to obtain certainty with regard to custody and visitations, ensure that he is kept up-to-date on his child’s well-being and, perhaps most importantly, be a part of the decision making for his child’s healthcare, education, religious upbringing, travel, etc.  Establishing paternity through the court will provide a father with legal rights to custody, visitation and decision making for his child.  Once paternity is established, the court can make custody and visitation orders that serve a child’s best interests.  The judges understand that a strong bond with both parents benefits a child.  An experienced family law attorney at Claery and Green can help fathers obtain the orders necessary to make sure they play a key role in parenting their children.



Lance Claery, Partner
Claery & Green, LLP

Aggressive and zealous advocacy is important to me because it gives my clients a voice when they may otherwise not have one.  By being an aggressive and zealous advocate I can make sure that my client is heard loud and clear by the court.  My background in criminal and family law makes me approach every situation with a profound sense of urgency with an understanding that everything is at stake in my client's world. 


Joseph Land
Attorney at Law, Claery & Green, LLP