Scope of Services 

CONSULTATION

Consultation with an experienced and knowledgeable family law attorney can provide you information and tools to better understand the legal issues and options you face. Carla D. Harms’ aim, in consulting is not only to listen but to provide you valuable legal advice; tools and guidance on how best to handle your legal issue. 

LIMITED SCOPE SERVICES

Limited-scope services are designed to be a cost-effective solution for individuals who cannot afford to hire an attorney to handle their entire case or for a client who feels  confident in handling portions of their representation themselves, but needs assistance when it comes to more complicated aspects of the case.  A client can hire an attorney to just draft certain documents, such as a divorce petition or custody motion or to just retain the attorney to appear at a single hearing.   Another nice aspect of limited scope representation is that they can always be expanded if the attorney and client agree to the expansion of scope.  

Areas of services may include divorce, legal separation or annulment filings and issues; property division; child custody or visitation; enforcement of orders; modification of orders; child support and spousal support. 

FULL SCOPE REPRESENTATION 

The best family law attorneys have both strong litigation skills and strong negotiation skills—Carla D. Harms has both. As an experienced, family law litigator, Carla D. Harms is able to assist you in all areas of your family law case.  

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION 

Family Law litigation encourages acrimony and conflict.  Many times, it is the high-conflict case that benefits most from mediation.  With the help of Carla D. Harms as mediator, couples negotiate their own settlement of issues.   Successful mediation saves couples a significant amount of time and money.   

With the right commitment to the mediation process, mediation can work for all divorcing couples or parents with custody conflicts.  Couples can choose mediation at the onset of a case or couples with one or more high-conflict issues can benefit from mediation.   

Areas of Mediation can include: Child custody and parenting plans; property division; child support; and spousal support. 

Allow Carla D. Harms, an experienced, skilled, thorough, and compassionate family law attorney to assist you will all of your mediation needs.