Experienced and Dependable New Albany Divorce Lawyers

Effectively Representing the Interests of Family and Domestic Law Clients in Indiana

We Offer Compassionate and Strategic Legal Representation at Every Stage of Your Case

The prospect of divorce can be overwhelming and unsettling for anyone. Although necessary in some situations, it remains a dreadful experience that many prefer to avoid. The fear often comes from the unknown—the questions that keep you up at night, worrying about the future. Whether you’ve already decided to move forward with a divorce or are simply exploring your options, our New Albany divorce lawyers are here to help.

At Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law, we’re committed to guiding you through this challenging time. During your consultation, we’ll explain the process, answer your pressing questions, and work with you to develop a plan tailored to your family’s needs.

We’ll help you prepare for the important decisions ahead with care and understanding. Call us now at (812) 725-8226 to schedule your initial consultation. 

Why Choose CLLB Law Firm for Your Divorce?

We Offer Compassionate and Experienced Divorce Representation that Puts Your Needs and Future First

At CLLB Law, we take pride in offering compassionate, empathetic legal support to clients facing the challenges of divorce. Our attorneys understand the emotional and financial toll a divorce can have on a client, so we work hard to make the process smooth, handling the complexities to enable you to focus on your future.

For example, Attorney Dana Eberle, who leads our divorce cases and family law practice, brings a unique level of understanding and empathy to her work. Having experienced her own difficult divorce over a decade ago, Dana knows firsthand the struggles you may be facing.

Dana’s goal is to ensure our clients don’t endure the same challenges she faced. Beyond compassionate care, she also provides clear, honest guidance about what to expect in the process. With her at your side, you’ll have the support of someone who truly understands the emotional weight of divorce.

More so, our New Albany divorce lawyers are skilled negotiators who understand that most divorce cases—around three out of four—never end up in court. So, we place a premium focus on our work as part of your negotiation team. We work hard, under the court’s supervision, to reach agreements on critical issues like child custody and visitation.

Divorce can be emotionally charged and complex, especially with ever-changing family law regulations. It involves not just the couple but extended family members and, most importantly, the children caught in the middle. That’s why our experienced legal team is well-versed in handling these sensitive situations. We ensure your interests are protected while guiding you through this challenging time with compassion and professionalism.

If you’re facing a challenging divorce or any family law matter, you don’t have to go through it alone. Let our compassionate and experienced team at CLLB Law guide you through every step. Contact us today for a consultation and we’ll handle your case competently. 

Choose the Right Attorney for Your Divorce Case

Select a Lawyer with the Knowledge and Compassion to Advocate for You

The outcome of a divorce can strongly impact your future. That’s why you must choose a divorce lawyer with adequate experience and knowledge. You’ll also share very intimate details of your life with your Indiana divorce attorney, so you need attorneys that you can trust to be your allies every step of the way.

Here’s what you should ask a divorce lawyer before choosing to work with them:

• How many divorce cases have you handled?
• What have you learned while taking these cases?
• How much do you charge for your services?
• Do you specialize in divorce or family law, or do you primarily work in other areas?
• What makes you different from all the other New Albany divorce attorneys representing clients in divorce cases?
• Why should I trust you to represent me?

Our team at CCLB Law will ask you to consider your current situation and the life you would like to have after the divorce. We know that your emotions are running high, but this is a time to calmly think through what you’ll need in the future.

Our team will encourage you to set aside some time to take a clear-eyed look at your future. This way, you can identify the aspects of your life that would be strongly impacted by the divorce. 

How Can Our Divorce Lawyers in Indiana Help You?

We’ll Provide All the Legal Support Required for Your Case

The best time to seek our help is when you’re seriously considering divorce. Divorce involves complex issues like child custody, support, spousal maintenance, and division of assets and debts, along with emotional and social impacts.

We’re here to guide you through every step, answer your questions, and explain your options. Here’s how we help:

File for Divorce

Our New Albany divorce lawyers will help you file for a divorce with the Clerk of the Court in your county. When you schedule an initial consultation with us, we can tell you what to expect with the filing based on your specific circumstances.  We’re prepared to help you whether you want to file for divorce or were served with divorce papers.

Develop Strategies Unique to the Facts of Your Divorce Case

Attorney Eberle has more than a decade of legal experience in family law and divorce law. We know what works in divorce negotiations, personal injury cases, and everything in between. However, we understand that each case has unique aspects to it, and we always tailor our services to fit your case precisely.

Help with Child Support

Although people complain about high child support, this is determined by state laws. Both Indiana and Kentucky have guidelines that calculate support based on parents’ income. Typically, the parent who takes care of the children most of the time receives the support payments. However, the formula also considers how many nights the children spend with each parent, ensuring a fair division of support. This is particularly the case if one parent earns more but shares equal custody time. We’ll work hard to ensure that you’re treated fairly, in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Guide You through Each Life-Changing Decision

Once you decide to file for divorce (or immediately upon your spouse’s serving you with divorce papers), you are on the brink of some life-changing decisions. This can sometimes be scary and tumultuous. Whether you remain friends with your spouse after a divorce or not, you’ll both have major decisions to make, especially if you have children together.

That’s why you need experienced and knowledgeable divorce attorneys to guide you during this delicate period. We’ll help you explore your options and guide you to make the right decisions.

Champion Equitable Distribution of Assets and Liabilities in a Divorce

CLLB Law serves clients in both Indiana and Kentucky, although our main location is in Indiana. Indiana and Kentucky are equitable distribution states in terms of divorce. This means that the courts examine several factors when dividing property, including the amount of property each spouse brought into the marriage. They also consider the earning capacity of each spouse and whether one or both spouses have retirement accounts.

Our divorce lawyers in Indiana can help you come to a fair and reasonable equitable distribution of your assets. Equitable distribution means a “fair” distribution. While “fair” does not always mean “equal,” most courts find it much easier to equally divide the property, absent a compelling argument that they should do otherwise.

In most cases, if an asset has an attached liability, the spouse awarded the asset is also awarded the liability. If you want to keep a specific asset, let our divorce lawyers in Indiana know. This way, we can ensure fair and equitable distribution.

Make Post-Divorce Easier

Once a divorce is granted, that’s not necessarily the end of things. As circumstances change, we continue to provide families with follow-up legal help if modification of custody, support, or visitation is needed.

Our team helps clients in other family law matters, including those wishing to adopt through private, agency, or international adoption.

We can tailor our family law services to serve you, no matter what your needs are. Call us at  (812) 725-8226 now to discuss your concerns. 

Understanding Contested and Uncontested Divorces—Negotiation, Mediation, or Litigation

Learn How Contested and Uncontested Divorces Differ

In an uncontested divorce, a couple agrees on all terms and conditions of the divorce. Contested divorces are just the opposite—there are disputes over issues such as custody, finances, or property division. However,  many couples with differences want to resolve them amicably without a courtroom battle. We help with negotiated or mediated settlements in such cases.

Many divorces are resolved through negotiation. You can trust the strong negotiating skills our New Albany divorce attorneys possess to get you through. However, there are those cases destined for the courtroom when there’s so much conflict that only a family court judge can resolve the situation.

In such cases, our experienced trial lawyers will handle your case effectively. We’ll protect your parental and spousal rights and work for the most favorable outcome. 

Navigating Indiana Spousal Maintenance and Support

Know What Spousal Maintenance and Support Requires

Under Indiana law, the amount of spousal support is at the court’s discretion. The court looks at several factors to determine the amount. This includes:

• The physical and mental capacity of each spouse
• The amount of property each spouse owns separately and the amount of marital property
• Whether a minor child has physical or mental incapacities and which spouse has physical custody
• The educational level of each spouse
• Whether either spouse interrupted training, education, or employment to take care of the family
• Each spouse’s future earning capacity
• The expense and time for each spouse to obtain sufficient training or education to find appropriate employment.

Our team will go over your financial situation along with your spouse’s financial status to determine if either spouse qualifies for spousal maintenance.

Understanding Grandparents’ Rights in Indiana

Explore Grandparents’ Rights in an Indiana Divorce

The movement advocating grandparents’ rights has gained traction over the past decades. Today, in many states grandparents can win visitation, and even custody of their grandchildren when required.

However, laws governing grandparent rights vary from state to state. Indiana restricts grandparent visitation and requires that a parent be divorced, deceased, or that paternity be established for children born out of wedlock. When both parents are living and married to each other, the court does not hear requests for grandparent visitation.

If you are concerned about grandparents’ visitation rights, talk to our New Albany divorce lawyers. We’ll explain how grandparent visitation will work in your case.

You can also learn more about how a divorce could affect your grandparent’s rights when you call us today at (812) 725-8226.

Planning Your Children’s Future in Your Divorce Process

Ensure Your Children’s Future Is Secure through Careful Planning

Whether you need joint child custody or believe sole custody is best for your children, we’re here to help. Shared custody can take many forms, depending on the parents’ work schedules. Some people like a 50/50 split, while others prefer the more traditional visitation of every other weekend, a weeknight overnight, and every other holiday.

We strongly advise against playing  your children against your spouse, known as “parental alienation.” Unless you have genuine, legitimate concerns about your children’s welfare with your spouse, you should embrace joint child custody.

Taking The First Step in the Divorce Process

Understand What the Initial Action Entails

The divorce process in Indiana starts with the filing of a “petition for dissolution of marriage.” It contains the grounds for the divorce and the relief sought. Relief covers the divorce itself and related issues like what happens to the marital house, child custody and visitation rights, and maintenance.

The other spouse can file a response that also declares grounds for the divorce and requests relief. If your spouse does not respond in any way or if your spouse can’t be found, the court can enter a judgment for divorce by default. This should result in the petitioning spouse’s getting whatever he or she sought in the divorce complaint.

How Long Does a Divorce Take?

Discover How Long a Divorce Might Take and What Factors Can Affect the Timeline

We cannot specifically determine how long your divorce negotiations and proceedings will take. That’s because it depends on how many issues you and your spouse are willing to contest. However, during our initial consultation, we may be able to give you an idea of how long the process may take.

For an uncontested, no-fault divorce, you would need to wait at least 60 days after filing before a judge will finalize the divorce. Temporary orders can be issued when the divorce is filed, but the actual divorce and final orders won’t be done for at least 60 days.

A contested divorce, if it can’t be resolved through negotiations and if it goes through the trial process, along with potential appeals, could take years. Our New Albany divorce lawyers will work as hard as we can to try to make the divorce proceedings go as quickly and smoothly as possible.

FAQs

Get Quick Answers to Your Most Pressing Questions about Divorce and Family Law

Divorce and family law matters can be confusing, especially when you’re dealing with emotional and financial stress. That’s why we’ve compiled answers to some of the most common questions we get from clients:

What Assets and Debts Could Our New Albany Divorce Lawyers Help You Receive?

Marital assets are often divided equally, but some assets that you brought into the marriage can remain at least partially yours. Debts in both of your names typically belong to both of you, regardless of who primarily spent the money, and they are split equally, too. Our New Albany divorce lawyers can also help with a complex high-asset divorce when you contact us.

What Relationships Can My Indiana Divorce Attorney Help Me Have with the Children After a Divorce? 

Do you want to share custody, or are you planning to pursue sole custody? What kind of visitation arrangements would work for you and your estranged spouse? Where will the children go to school, and who will manage pick-up and drop-off duties? Our Indiana divorce attorney looks at all these issues, which play into the quality of your interactions with your children going forward.

Does the Court Consider the Professional Sacrifice I Made for the Family?

Did you give up a promising career to stay at home and raise children for several years? Have you passed up promotions so that you didn’t have to travel for work and could be at home with your family on evenings and weekends? Did you help put your spouse through college or graduate school? All of these could represent professional sacrifices you made for the good of the marriage and family, and they are part of divorce negotiations.

What Should I Do Before Filing for Divorce?

Think about the future life you want and what you need to do now to make it possible. Make copies of financial records, insurance policies, tax returns, and documents concerning ownership of a business. You may need to refer to them in the divorce process, and it’s important to copy them while you have full access, just in case.

How Should I Tell My Spouse I Want a Divorce?

Tell him or her the truth about how you feel and what you plan on doing regarding hiring legal representation. Don’t make the situation worse by getting angry or laying blame. This is about starting a new life that both of you can benefit from.

Can Your New Albany Divorce Lawyers Help with Alternatives to Divorce?

In Indiana, you can file for a legal separation. While a divorce ends your marriage, a legal separation does not. A judge can issue orders like those in a divorce case concerning the division of property and debts, child custody, and support. A legal separation can last up to a year, and our New Albany divorce lawyers can help you navigate this situation, too.

If you didn’t see your question here, don’t hesitate to reach out to us directly at (812) 725-8226.

Call CLLB Law Firm to Discuss Your Case Today

Navigate Your Divorce with the Support of a Knowledgeable and Compassionate Legal Team

Emotions run high during a divorce, not to mention the hurt feelings and uncertainties that the children may experience. That’s why you need calm, level-headed divorce lawyers in Indiana at your side.

At Church, Langdon, Lopp, Banet Law , we understand the emotional stress associated with a divorce. We’re here to help you handle the legal process compassionately.  So, you can trust us to show empathy for you and your family while still being matter-of-fact about the legal issues involved.

Contact our experienced New Albany divorce lawyers now at (812) 725-8226 for a consultation to get started.

Attorney Steve Langdon

Licensed to practice in both Indiana and Kentucky, Steve Langdon is an experienced elder law and trial attorney. In addition to his litigation and trial work, Steve’s practice includes wills, trusts, probate, Medicaid planning, guardianship, powers of attorney, and advanced directive planning, including living wills and health care surrogate designations. [ Attorney Bio ]

Attorney Gary Banet

Gary is licensed to practice law in both Indiana and Kentucky. He concentrates his practice in estate planning, estate and trust administration, estate and trust litigation, guardianships, elder law and special-needs planning. Gary earned his J.D. from the University of Louisville, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, and formerly practiced law at Bingham Greenebaum Doll and Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs. [ Attorney Bio ]