Parenting Coordination + Attorney Representing the Children
Your Children's Needs and Rights in a Divorce Proceeding
While mom and dad fight over child custody, the children are often the casualties. Your kids may be at the forefront of a bitter divorce case, but they also have rights. At Johnston, Root & Leibenguth, P.C., in Portland, Oregon, we will put their best interests first and ensure protection of those rights.
Take control of your child custody matter and spare your children from the war between you and your spouse. Through parenting coordination and legal representation for your children, we can find resolution peacefully and with their best interests at heart. Contact us at (503) 946-5373.
Resolve Problems With the Help of a Parenting Coordinator
When families are experiencing a high degree of conflict, hiring a parenting coordinator may be a useful alternative to repeated court appearances. A parenting coordinator is a professional who will assist parents by resolving disputes through communication skills and by educating the parents about child custody laws and the latest child development research. It is the parenting coordinator's job to work with the parents to help them resolve their own disputes. But, unlike a mediator, the parenting coordinator may make recommendations and make rulings to decide issues. The parenting coordinator's focus is on helping the parents to communicate effectively and to establish a parenting relationship in which they can work together in a business like manner without the need of a judge or their attorneys.
As a parenting coordinator, Mr. Leibenguth is often asked to address disputes related to holiday and special event scheduling, transportation disputes, disputes over the child's activities and the costs of extra curricular activities. Other common disputes brought to Mr. Leibenguth as a parenting coordinator involve school placement, medical decisions, teenager communication and discipline disputes, as well as a broad range of other issues that arise when co-parenting children.
At Johnston, Root & Leibenguth, P.C., we can function as a parenting coordinator in resolving the outstanding issues related to your children. Following an appointment by the court, we get to work on finding agreement between two parties who are having trouble resolving their arguments. If both parties can find common ground, they don't have to be constrained by the rules of the court.
You can truly control your own destiny and that of your children.
An Attorney for the Child Focused on Their Rights and Best Interests
Oregon law allows children to be represented by legal counsel. This most often occurs when the child's parents are involved in custody or parenting time dispute. It is a child's lawyer's job in these cases to make sure the child's voice is heard and to help the child understand what is going on in their parent's case. A child's attorney is charged with the responsibility of investigating the facts of the case and for advocating the child's position. It is also the job of a child's attorney to educate, confront and influence the parents views with regard to their responsibilities towards the child.
Mr. Leibenguth has represented the rights of children throughout his career. He recognizes the needs of children when it comes to their understanding of the custody and parenting decisions made by their parents. Mr. Leibenguth is especially adept at communicating with children of all ages and in gaining the trust needed to maintain an effective child - attorney relationship. Mr. Leibenguth focuses his work in these cases on developing alternatives and solutions that may not have previously been considered. It is Mr. Leibenguth's goal to see that the child's best interests are kept at the forefront of everyone's mind during the process.
As an attorney for your child, we will determine his or her specific needs as it relates to your divorce. A young person needs help in making decisions and we facilitate that process. They need an advocate on their side, especially if their parents are engaged in disputes with each other.
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