Business Details
31 Years
experience
Trusted Family Law Services in Doylestown, PA
Established in 1995, our firm specializes in family law, offering comprehensive legal solutions for divorce, child custody, adoption, and related matters. With extensive experience in mediation and collaborative law, we prioritize amicable resolutions while maintaining the capability to advocate fiercely in court when necessary. Our practice serves Bucks County, Montgomery County, and the Philadelphia metro area, providing personalized strategies tailored to each client's unique circumstances.We handle high-asset divorces, international adoptions, and complex custody cases, emphasizing transparency, ethical representation, and client empowerment throughout the legal process. Our team combines decades of experience with a commitment to continuous learning in evolving family law dynamics.
Services
Divorce Representation
Child Custody
Adoption Services
Mediation
Collaborative Law
Property Division
Spousal Support
High-Asset Divorce
Grandparents Rights
Same-Sex Family Law
Details
- Year established: 1995
Highlights and features
- We have over 25 years of experience in Pennsylvania family law.
- Our practice combines mediation expertise with strong courtroom advocacy.
- We handle complex cases including international adoptions and high-asset divorces.
- Our attorney is a certified mediator in Bucks County Court.
- We offer complimentary initial consultations for all family law matters.
Services
Divorce Representation
Our firm provides comprehensive divorce legal services, handling asset division, spousal support, and contested proceedings. We develop customized strategies for Bucks County clients, balancing negotiation with courtroom readiness. Pennsylvania's equitable distribution laws require experienced navigation of 11 statutory factors to achieve fair outcomes for high-asset and standard cases.
Child Custody
We represent parents in physical and legal custody determinations, creating parenting plans that prioritize children's best interests. Our practice addresses relocation issues, visitation enforcement, and post-divorce modifications while maintaining focus on co-parenting solutions that minimize family disruption.
Adoption Services
Handling stepparent, kinship, and contested adoptions, we guide clients through Pennsylvania's termination of parental rights process. Our experience includes Hague Convention cases and international child abduction matters, ensuring proper documentation and court procedures for legal parent-child relationship establishment.
Mediation Services
As trained mediators, we facilitate out-of-court resolutions for divorce and custody matters. This cost-effective approach empowers clients to control outcomes while reducing emotional strain, covering property division, support arrangements, and parenting plans through structured negotiation processes.
Collaborative Law
Our collaborative law approach resolves family disputes without litigation, using interdisciplinary teams to address financial and emotional aspects. This method maintains privacy while developing creative solutions for property division, custody arrangements, and post-divorce modifications through cooperative problem-solving frameworks.
People
Elissa C. Goldberg
Attorney & Mediator
Practicing family law since 1995, Elissa Goldberg specializes in divorce, custody, and adoption cases. Certified in collaborative law and mediation, she serves Bucks County as an approved court mediator while maintaining active bar association memberships and pro bono commitments.
Questions
What types of divorce cases do you handle?
We handle all divorce cases from uncontested matters to high-asset divorces involving complex financial issues, international child custody disputes, and contested adoptions across Pennsylvania.
How does mediation differ from collaborative law?
Mediation involves a neutral facilitator guiding negotiations, while collaborative law uses attorney-supported teams to resolve issues without court intervention, both focusing on amicable settlements.
Can grandparents obtain custody rights?
Yes, Pennsylvania allows grandparents to seek physical and legal custody through court petitions demonstrating the child's best interests require such arrangements.
Do you handle same-sex family law matters?
Yes, we provide comprehensive legal services for same-sex couples including divorce, custody, adoption, and property division matters under Pennsylvania family law.
What happens during a child custody mediation?
Mediation sessions address physical custody schedules, legal decision-making authority, and parenting plans with focus on children's needs while creating enforceable agreements through structured negotiation.
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