The Law Office of Amy E. Newby P.A.

Our office has moved to 6817 Southpoint Parkway, Suite 1701, Jacksonville, Florida 32216.

We focus primarily in the areas of family law and criminal law. In addition, military family law cases emcompass an estimated 45% of our practice. We give military discounts!

Family law is an area of law that deals with all aspects of family relations. Family law encompasses: adoption, child custody and visitation, children's rights, child support, spousal support (alimony), separation agreements, civilian and military divorce (dissolution of marriage), marital property division (equitable division), elder law matters, estate planning, estates and trusts, wills and will contests, probate, insurance, cohabitation agreements, pre-marital (pre-nuptial) agreements, marriage and other legal issues pertinent to the family.

Family law courts generally hear cases pertaining to dissolution of marriage, legal separation of the parties, nullity of marriage, child custody, child and spousal support, elder law legal issues, domestic violence petitions, and estate planning cases like wills, will contests, guardianship, insurance, probate, trusts and other estate related legal issues.

The following information includes frequently asked family law questions. These questions and answers are general in nature and should not be used as specific legal advice for your case. Each case is different and carries its own set of circumstances which must be taken into consideration by competent legal counsel. For specific questions about your case, please contact our office for a free consultation.

No area of family law brings to the courtroom the tension, anxiety, hostility, volatility and raw emotion as child custody and visitation litigation. Rare is the divorce, dissolution or custody determination in which the parties have been able to set aside personal differences to reach the goal of what is best for the children involved. Most parents pay lip service to this ideal, but often cannot reach it in actuality. Most often a judge will take great pains to get parents themselves to come to a mutually acceptable custody agreement if that is possible. A decision made by a stranger is rarely completely acceptable to all if the attempt has not been made in earnest.

The family court systems of the states usually have several layers of counseling, mediation and conciliation to attempt to bring warring parents together for the purpose of resolving the issue of what it is in the best interests of their children. Family law attorneys understand that your children are the most important thing in your life and will fight for your legal rights.

Serving in the following counties: Duval, Clay, Nassau, Baker, and St. John's Counties.

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