Practice Areas

Experienced Lawyers for Child Custody, Mediation, Estate Planning, and More

There are many types of legal concerns that may affect families. When spouses choose to separate and end their marriage, they will need to determine how to resolve all of the issues and disputes related to the separation of their lives and finances. Parents who have separated will need to determine how they will work together to raise their children, and financial support obligations may need to be established. Other legal issues may also need to be addressed, including making plans for the future or resolving disputes in court.

At A. Traub & Associates, we have several decades of combined experience representing families in all types of legal matters. We offer the personalized service of a smaller firm with the experience and skill to match any of the larger downtown Chicago firms. We are dedicated to providing effective legal guidance to ensure that our clients can resolve their legal concerns effectively.

Divorce and Family Law

We assist with a wide variety of legal issues related to family law, including:

• Divorce: We understand the legal, financial, and personal concerns that will need to be addressed when a couple chooses to legally dissolve their marriage. We can help clients address issues related to asset division, spousal maintenance, or mental health and addictions. We can help resolve the complex issues involved in a high income or high asset divorce, and we can assist with post-divorce modifications.
• Child Custody: We represent divorcing, separated, or unmarried parents in disputes regarding the allocation of parental responsibilities, parenting time, child support, and parental relocation.
• Adoption: We provide representation in private, domestic, international, step-parent, and foster child adoptions. We can help parents complete adoptions through agencies, ensure that domestic partners can adopt children and become legal parents, and address other legal concerns while working to ensure that parents will have the tools to provide for the needs of adoptive children.
• Paternity: We assist in establishing legal parentage for a child, which can help secure fathers' rights and ensure that the child can receive child support. We represent both mothers and fathers in these cases, working to ensure that children's best interests are protected.
• Guardianships: In situations where one or both of a parent's children are deceased or unable to provide the necessary care, we can help establish legal guardianship so family members or others will be able to address the children's ongoing needs.
• Egg Donor Agreements and Surrogacy Agreements: When people enter into agreements regarding the birth of a child, it is important to ensure that all parties fully understand their rights and obligations. We can draft agreements that protect the rights of donors, surrogate mothers, and intended parents.

Estates

We work with families to create comprehensive plans to ensure that their wishes will be followed both during a person's life and after their death. We assist with multiple aspects of estate planning, including:

• Wills and Trusts: We help create wills that specify how a person's affairs should be handled after their death. We can also help create trusts, including special needs trusts, that may be used to protect assets and distribute them to beneficiaries.
• Advance Directives: People of any age can take steps to ensure that their wishes will be followed if they become incapacitated and cannot speak for themselves. We can help clients address concerns about medical treatment and end-of-life care through powers of attorney or living wills.
• Adult Guardianship: When an elderly or disabled adult needs assistance with financial or personal matters, we can help establish guardianship agreements to ensure that a loved one will be able to meet their needs.
• Probate and Estate Administration: We help executors file wills in probate court and manage the estates of deceased loved ones. We also work with trustees to ensure that assets are correctly distributed to beneficiaries, and we can provide guidance on how to address elder law concerns.
• Contested Wills and Disputed Documents: We represent beneficiaries or other interested parties in disputes involving wills or trusts, working to resolve these issues and ensure that a deceased person's wishes will be followed correctly.

Additional Legal Concerns

• Mediation: We work with the parties in divorce and family law cases to help them resolve issues amicably without the need for litigation in court. We can also provide mediation services in other types of legal disputes, including those involving guardianship, estate administration, and business law.
• Litigation: We assist with multiple types of legal disputes, working to resolve matters through settlement negotiations or advocating for our clients in the courtroom.

Contact Our Lombard, Illinois Family Lawyers

The attorneys at A. Traub & Associates are honest, compassionate, responsive, and down-to-earth. We are committed to delivering the high-quality legal counsel you need while always being available to answer your questions and address your concerns. For a personalized consultation with one of our skilled attorneys, contact our office today at 630-426-0196.