• Contested and Uncontested Divorces
• Annulments
• Legal Separations
• Child Custody and Child Support
• Visitation
• Paternity Hearings
• Orders of Protection
• Name Changes
• Relocation
• Adoptions
• Child Neglect Charges
• Child Support

And all other areas involving matrimonial and Family Court matters

• Uncontested Divorce
  Where the parties agree to the divorce, the parties agreed to separate their property and if there are children involved agree to child support and visitation. This type of divorce is done out of Court where the parties do not have to go to the courthouse, papers are prepared, the parties sign the necessary documents and the documents are submitted to the court for a judge to be assigned to review the documents and grant the divorce. This type of divorce is granted faster and cost less than the alternative a contested divorce.
   
• Contested Divorce
  This type of divorce is where the parties cannot agree to the terms of the divorce. One party is served with papers called a summons and complaint. Ultimately the parties must appear in Court. If the parties cannot come to terms a trial will take place. If there are children involved a law guardian (which is an attorney) is assigned to represent the child's best interests. A contested divorce is much more expensive the legal fees and can go on for some time.

Child Support

Brazil has a law similar to the Child Support Standard Act in the determination of what the noncustodial parent is obligated to pay support.

The child support standard act calculates the noncustodial parent's child support payment in predetermined percentages based upon the number of children the parties have.

The noncustodial parent will be obligated for payment of child support until the child's 21st birthday unless the child becomes emancipated which occurs when either the child is employed full-time and/or no longer living at home.