Areas of Practice

Below is an outline of the areas of law which I practice. Please click on each topic heading to read more concerning my practice in these areas. Since my focus is on the Collaborative Approach, I place the final category, Litigation, as a last resort.

Collaborative Law

• Family Law
• Guardianship
• Estate Planning and Probate

Family Law

• Collaborative Family Law
• Mediation
• Pre-marital and Marital Agreements
• Co-habitation Agreements
• Annulment
• Common Law Marriage
• Paternity
• Divorce
  • Alimony and Spousal Maintenance
  • Agreements Incident to Divorce
  • Community and Separate Property Issues
  • Retirement accounts, 401(k)s, pensions, stocks and bonds
  • Separation Agreements
• Children’s Issues
  • Parenting Plans
  • Child Custody and Visitation
  • Child Support
  • Health Insurance
• Modification
• Enforcement and Contempt of Court
• Grandparent Rights
• Emancipation of Minors
• Adoption
  • Step-Parent Adoption
  • Adult Adoption
• Adult Name-Change
• Child Name-Change
• Parental Notification

• Elderly and/or Adult Incapacitated Clients
• Children
• Person and/or Estate
• Temporary or Permanent
• Alternatives to Guardianship

• Estate Planning
  • Statutory Durable Power of Attorney (Property)
  • Medical Power of Attorney
  • Designation of Guardian in the Event Need Arises
  • Physician’s Directive (Living Will)
  • Revocable and Irrevocable Trusts
  • Life Insurance Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Body Gifts
• Probate
  • Estate Administration
  • Contested Probate and Estate Litigation

Litigation

The Collaborative Approach

The Law Office of S. Camille Milner strongly advocate the Collaborative Law Process. Through the Collaborative Process, the attorneys and other professionals assist the parties in resolving their cases by interest-based negotiation (positive/constructive) rather than position-based negotiation (negative/destructive) without the trauma or expense of “going to court.” This is accomplished by face-to-face meetings where we explore the parties’ interests, goals and options and in a very civilized approach and reach a “win-win” resolution for the parties.

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