Child Custody 

Connecticut Child Custody and Visitation Attorneys

One of the most stressful issues a couple in divorce can address is the decision about who the children will live with, and who will be responsible for making decisions about their well being. At the Stamford, Connecticut, family law practice of The Law Offices of Piazza & Simmons we are sensitive to the concerns and needs of clients in resolving custody matters that create further conflict in a divorce.

Typically, our family law attorneys vote on the side of the children's point of view whenever possible regarding all decisions that affect them when their parents divorce, separate, or relocate. We believe that parents ought to consider their children's interests above all when the goal is winning child custody, or negotiating favorable visitation schedules.

Representing Children in Divorce

With child custody and other divorce matters, it is important to choose someone who knows the legal system. In more than 30 years as a Connecticut child support and child custody attorney, Anthony A. Piazza has represented more than 300 children whose parents were divorcing.

This experience has taught our firm that children's perspectives are usually well-founded and deserve to be taken into full consideration when parents, lawyers, or judges make decisions that will directly affect their well-being. We believe that all determinations regarding custody ought to be decided with the children's best interests in mind, including:

• Sole legal custody - responsible for all decision making for the children
• Sole physical custody - exclusive custody (typically in cases of abuse or neglect)
• Joint legal custody - both parents share the decision making process
• Joint physical custody - children live primarily with one parent and other has visitation rights
• Shared physical custody - children spend equal time living with both parents

Whether clients choose to determine child custody and visitation through conventional means in court, or through often less confrontational and costly means as divorce mediation, we are also qualified to handle more complex child custody cases including those where a divorced parent with custody of the children chooses to move away from the other parent.

Child Relocation

Parental relocations are a reality of our increasingly mobile culture. In addition to the emotional issues involved, a divorced parent's decision to move to another area or out of state also involves certain legal implications that affect custody arrangements, visitation rights, and child support and spousal support orders. Our Connecticut child custody lawyers are prepared to represent the interests of anyone in custody and support modification matters after a divorce: custodial parents, non-custodial parents, or the children.

To take advantage of the power of professional representation with regard to child custody, support, and other family law matters, contact the Fairfield County attorneys at the Law Offices of Piazza & Simmons online, or by phone at (203) 883-9751 or (866) 764-7591.

The Law Offices of Piazza & Simmons offers family law and personal injury representation to clients in Fairfield County and New Haven County. We serve residents of Stamford, Old Greenwich, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Westport, New Canaan, and Darien, CT.