Reddy Law Firm, LLC provides divorce and all related family law services to clients in Terre Haute and throughout Indiana. Our divorce lawyers in Terre Haute understand the emotional stress of divorce and can help you in all family legal matters including: 

• Divorce 
• Child custody 
• Child support 
• Spousal support 
• Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial agreements 
• Co-habitation agreements 
• Guardianships

Indiana is a no-fault state, meaning a divorce does not require proof of wrongdoing by the other spouse. Grounds for divorce can simply be that the marriage is irretrievably broken. Once the divorce is filed, there is a 60-day waiting period before the marriage is dissolved. However, divorces may take longer depending on circumstances: 

• Whether children are involved 
• How strongly parties desire quick resolution 
• Assets/debts involved 
• Complexity of other issues

Our Terre Haute family lawyers understand the difficulty of divorce and provide aggressive representation while being supportive and sensitive to your situation. Our goal is to achieve the optimal outcome for you and your family.

Offering value-added service to Terra Haute divorce clients
Often, people seeking a divorce rightly believe a divorce lawyer is their best option. However, a divorce typically affects many areas of a couple’s lives, such as mutually owned real estate or businesses along with trusts or established guardianships, Our firm’s legal expertise also extends into areas related to divorce issues, such as: 

• Real estate law 
• Estate planning 
• Business law 
• Business transactions

These related legal fields provide our Terre Haute attorneys with additional skills and provide an advantage to achieve your desired outcome. If large assets and real estate holdings are involved in your settlement, our accomplished Terre Haute lawyers can provide assistance in: 

• Asset valuation 
• Asset liquidation 
• Real estate sales 
• Family business sale

Terre Haute lawyers help with divorce mediation
 
When appropriate, our Terre Haute lawyers can help resolve family law issues through divorce mediation. Even in contentious divorces, mediation can facilitate fair settlements and/or custody arrangements. Often divorcing couples prefer the cooperative approach of mediation because personal family decisions are made by them without involving a judge. Mediation may also reduce legal and trial costs because issues are not litigated in court.

However, if mediation is not a viable solution in your divorce matter, our Terre Haute lawyers provide vigorous, respectful advocacy in court to achieve the most favorable outcome for you.

Child Custody

Child custody is usually determined based upon what is in the best interest of the child. This includes a thorough analysis of several factors. There are several types of child custody and visitation arrangements which depend upon the family's unique situation. Most issues involving child custody, child support, and visitation are decided by the Court or by the parents as part of their divorce settlement agreement.

Child Support

Divorce agreements usually provide for adequate child support. In Indiana, child support is determined based upon the child support guidelines which factors the income, expenses, and debts of both parents.

Pre-Nuptial/Post-Nuptial Agreements
 
The purpose of Pre-Nuptial and Post-Nuptial agreements are to ensure that assets are distributed according to the client’s wishes, protect assets from a spouse, protect the interest of children from a previous marriage, to identify property and assets acquired before and during a marriage, and to avoid litigation over the division of assets in the event of a divorce.

Co-Habitation Agreements

A Co-habitation Agreement may be necessary in cases where an un-married couple lives together, jointly owns property and/or are considering investing in property together. For couples of the opposite sex, they may want to gain greater property protection than they have in the un-married status. Same sex couples often want to create a union granting them the rights they would have with marriage, which can only be done through contracts, wills, trusts, and beneficiary designation. Co-habitation agreements are useful in determining how to divide property in the event the relationship ends, especially since there is not a marriage dissolution statute which applies.

Guardianships

Guardianships are is the court-ordered management of the affairs of an individual who is no longer capable of managing his/her own affairs. Attorneys at Reddy Law Firm can assist clients with all of the issues they face with guardianships including incapacity hearings, appointment of a guardian, advisement to guardians regarding their legal responsibilities and/or obligations, and any other matters relating to guardianships such as preparation of annual reports to be filed with the court or the termination of a guardianship.