Rogue Family Law

😧 Most Oregonians don’t have legal help in their family law cases, often due to affordability. There’s a broad “middle” between those who can get free legal services and those who have the (tens of) thousands of $ needed to hire lawyers to represent them. ✅ Rogue Family Law aims to help bridge this gap, giving our clients the information, education, tools, and support they need to get legal help in their divorce/separation. ✅ Everything is "pay as you go," meaning you get help you need as you need it -- no retainers required. ✅ Learn more and apply today: https://lnkd.in/ePRVnkvz #lawyer #lawyers #affordability #law #help #familylaw #oregonians #gethelp #legalservice #legalservices #domesticpartnership #applytoday #RogueFamilyLaw #Divorce

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You have four (4) options if you want to get legal help, but also want to mostly DIY your #FamilyLaw #Divorce case: 1️⃣ Option 1: You each consult with a lawyer without actually hiring one. 2️⃣ Option 2: You handle your case using the Collaborative Divorce method. 3️⃣ Option 3: You do your own research, mediate and then prepare your court paperwork. 4️⃣ Option 4: You can each work with lawyers who offer “limited scope,” “limited representation” or “unbundled legal services.” We offer versions of each of these services that allow you to choose how little or how much help you get with each. Contact us to learn more. #Oregon #OregonDivorce #LawyersOfFacebook #RogueFamilyLaw #FamilyLaw #ProSe #GoingToCourt #Collaborativelaw #DivorceAttorney #Attorney #Ashland #RogueValley

Let's talk #ChildSupport #SpousalSupport in #Oregon: Many couples dispute whether one spouse will pay the other spousal support — formerly known as alimony or maintenance — and, if so, how much and for how long. Whether you believe you should receive spousal support or foresee the need to protect against an unreasonable demand you cannot afford, then you'll need to make sure you understand the rules. Whether yours is a high net worth case or a more straightforward case, you need efficient, attentive legal representation that doesn’t unnecessarily waste money on court battles. Settlements that address the needs of all parties avoid the bitterness that can affect your family for years to come. 💡 Types of Spousal Support Available Under Oregon Law: (1) transitional support which is ordered to assist the recipient spouse gain employment and attain self sufficiency 2) compensatory support which is awarded in recognition of the contributions the recipient spouse made to the higher education and arguable enhanced earning capacity of the payor spouse, and (3) spousal maintenance support which addresses disparities in earning capacity where there is a need for supplementation of the recipient spouses’s income for a fixed or unspecified period of time (4) spousal support in lieu of property - although rarely awarded, the court can award spousal support instead of a share in property. The court has discretion over which type -- if any – or combinations of support to award. Traditionally the courts have weighed heavily the ability of the recipient spouse to earn sufficient amounts to provide a standard of living proportionate to that enjoyed during marriage. Have questions about support in #Oregon? Contact us to explore our educational(Orientation, Workshops), services (Case Management Coaching), tools (Document Portal and DIY court form workflows), and consulting (Legal Consultations) available. RogueFamilyLaw.com

❔ What are Settlement Conferences? 🗨️ Settlement conferences are a type of divorce mediation where you can meet to try to resolve non-child issues such as support (spousal or child), property division and debt assignment. The settlement judge doesn’t decide these issues. She or he will act as a neutral to try to help you both work out a settlement. ❔ Who Should Attend a Settlement Conference? 🗨️You and your spouse/partner/co-parent will meet with a judge who is not assigned to your case or won’t be able to be your trial judge if you don’t settle your case. ❔ When is the Settlement Conference Held? 🗨️ Like mandatory parenting/custody mediation, you can only ask for a settlement conference after you have an open case. That means either you or your spouse/partner or co-parent has already filed papers with the court. ❔ Why Have a Settlement Conference? 🗨️ As of the writing of this post, it’s estimated that between 95%-98% of all cases settle without a trial. So, it’s less a question of if you’ll settle as when you’ll settle. The trick is to settle as soon as you can after you’ve both done your homework so you don’t burn up a lot of time, money and bad feelings before settling. Even if you can’t settle every issue, you can settle some issues. That narrows down what you leave to chance (which is what trials are and why so many families try to avoid them). It also makes it easier to get court time and saves money. ❔ How to Request a Settlement Conference? 🗨️ To get a judicial settlement conference set up, you just need to ask for it. You can do this with a letter or an email. But, unlike custody/parenting mediation, you can’t force your spouse, co-parent or partner to go to a settlement conference. Both sides have to agree which means you have to get their agreement. --- If you have a lawyer, they can walk you through their plan for trying to settle your case; if you are representing yourself, you can talk to an unbundled or limited scope attorney to prepare you for your settlement conference. Contact us today: RogueFamilyLaw.com/Apply

💬 "Immeasurably helpful!" - Unbundled client, 2023 Our remote, unbundled Oregon family law firm offers tools and services to guide you every step of the way. We know it’s your life and your case, so you can do it your way -- empowered, focused and affordably without having to go it alone. 💪 Learn more & apply today: RogueFamilyLaw.com

📌 #Divorce: If you’ve decided to hire a lawyer, you may be worried about. . . ➡️ bringing 2 lawyers trained in court battles into your family and how that will increase the already tense relationship you likely have with your partner. ➡️losing control over what is said (to your partner, the judge, the other lawyer) ➡️how you can push your case to the top of the pile if your lawyer is busy ➡️how you are going to keep up with the monthly bills or even budget for them since they change from month to month ➡️how to solve the problem that while you want your lawyer to work hard on your case, you know the harder they work, the higher your bills (thanks to hourly billing) It can feel like you're "stuck between a rock and a hard place," but there are steps you can take. Keep reading: https://lnkd.in/gZ24FJkn

💬 What if you want to handle your family law case cooperatively but still need legal help? As you may already know, lawyers have a duty of loyalty to their clients. This duty includes: ✅Keeping the client’s secrets and confidence ✅Identifying and acting in their client’s best interests ✅Not working for a second client’s whose interests may be in conflict with their client For this reason, a family law lawyer cannot advise both parties to a family law case – whether that is two divorcing spouses or two unmarried parents. This is the reason that lawyers typically run “conflict checks” before talking to a new potential client to make sure they don’t already represent or have already consulted with the other spouse or parent. That way, they can ensure that they keep all information confidential and give advice free of any conflict of divided loyalty. ➡️ But what if you and your spouse or co-parent need to get a divorce or legal orders but want to do this cooperatively and without things turning nasty? You may worry that if you both go to your own lawyer, the lawyers will encourage you to take an “adversarial” (or argumentative or hostile or combative) approach which you don’t want. Or you may not have the money to hire two lawyers or you just want to save on expenses. Let’s assume that you don’t want to DIY it because you need help about how to go through the process, make decisions and create the right legal documents. You many want information about the kind of things a judge can order or want to talk through options and figure out solutions. What are your choices in this scenario? Keep reading to find out: https://lnkd.in/eQsCfCUM

Here's what one client said about Rogue Family Law's unbundled services: "Samantha was incredibly helpful throughout my entire divorce process. She conducted a Legal Orientation with me to help me understand that entire process before even initiating the Divorce Conversation. I felt less overwhelmed and more confident in the undertaking. She listened, heard, understood and remembered my situation each time we spoke. She met with me at my pace throughtout the process and at every stage gave me incredibly helpful advice, tailored to my unique situation and always held the intention of keeping my divorce out of court. She is a clear, direct and compassionate communicator and guided me well through this life altering transition. I am so grateful and have recommended her to several women seeking to successfully and peacefully complete their divorce." #Divorce #FamilyLaw #Feedback #WhatClientsSay #Attorney #Oregon

Did you know? 💡 Over 50% of Oregon divorce cases have at least one person who is representing themselves (“pro se”). 💡 And 90% of ALL cases end up being settled out of court. ️️What this means is that it's more likely than not that you are going to be managing your case in some way. So you can either: ️ ➡️ Hire a lawyer and spend anywhere from $1,500 to $10,000 per month for advice, and be left to manage the rest of your case without advice in the event your budget (or patience!) runs out. ️ ➡️ OR, you can represent yourself from the beginning, get document help, educate yourself about the topics in your case, and get support and advice from legal consulting throughout your case. In this second scenario, you’ll spend less than $5,000 for the whole thing and you’ll have done it YOUR WAY, without compromising your values or your goals. Of course, if you have the funds for all your bills, you won’t be stranded but you may want to consider approaches to working with your lawyer that save some of those funds for a vacation after. 🏖️ The choice of approach is yours. Read more about why you should budget for your case like a vacation here: https://lnkd.in/e4nrFhUy #OregonDivorce #FamilyLaw #RogueFamilyLaw #Unbundled #Divorce #Court #Oregon