Cleveland Dissolution of Marriage Attorney

Ohio Divorce Lawyer

Laurence A. Turbow, LPA, Inc is available to help anyone in the vicinity of Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit Counties concerned with ending or suspending their marriage. Laurence Turbow has over 30 years of experience in family law and will devote himself to getting you the best possible terms of a dissolution, legal separation, or divorce agreement. In Ohio, there are several different ways to end a marriage:

Divorce: In Ohio the reason(s) for a divorce usually do not affect the distribution of property, assets, and debts of the marriage. The reasons for the divorce can be very important in settling the terms of child custody, child support, grandparents' rights, and spousal support / alimony. Laurence Turbow can help you work through each aspect of a divorce settlement or, if necessary, by aggressively litigating your case in court.

Dissolution: Marital dissolution allows Ohio couples to end a marriage more quickly and amicably than by the divorce process. Outside of court, spouses work together, usually with at least one lawyer, to finalize all the terms of the dissolution and then present a Petition for Dissolution to the court. After a hearing in which the judge ensures that both parties do indeed want to dissolve the marriage, provided both parties appear and indicate their agreement to the terms of the dissolution, the settlement is typically approved and the marriage is dissolved.

Legal Separation: Legal separation does not involve ending the contract of marriage. Instead, it allows couples to essentially establish separate lives without losing many of the legal benefits of the marriage. For example, a separated couple could establish an agreement for custody and visitation of children, the payment of the mortgage, and temporarily provide for issues affecting their children while remaining married and in some cases on the same health insurance plan.