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The first step to knowing whether you can file for uncontested divorce is to understand exactly what it is. Much as it sounds, uncontested divorce is a request for divorce that is either agreed upon by both spouses, or where one spouse has filed a complaint for divorce, and the other spouse has failed to respond. Having a divorce attorney on your team during any sort of divorce proceeding is always a safe bet.

At the Law Offices Of Cara L. Santosuosso, LLC we understand your feelings, and are here to help. Your child’s welfare and your rights are top priority for our experienced team of child custody attorneys.

The team at the Law Offices Of Cara L. Santosuosso, LLC offers clients both mediation and collaborative divorce, among other services. Today we’re going to get to the bottom of what sets these two options apart.

This brief primer on the cost of divorce in Ohio can help you to understand the factors that affect average divorce costs.

Northeast Ohio’s public radio station includes regular segments from The Sound of Ideas, Ideastream Public Media's regionally-focused weekday morning news and information program. In an effort to strengthen the community and provide aid to individuals who are considering divorce as well as context around the pandemic’s rising divorce rates, The Sound of Ideas included CLS Law’s own Cara Santosuosso in two separate panels of experts on the topic.

Life circumstances could mean that a child in your family is left without a responsible custodian. As a trusted Cleveland adoption attorney and family lawyer, we have vast experience in this arena and are ready to help you understand how private adoption can be a viable solution.

At the Law Offices Of Cara L. Santosuosso, LLC, we understand how important it is for fathers and children to maintain a strong, healthy relationship. As a child custody attorney in Ohio, it is our goal to help unmarried fathers facilitate legal means to spend time with their children.

Most parents seek to protect the safety and best interest of children during a divorce or custody battle, it can sometimes be difficult to prove to a court that sole custody is the correct decision. In the end, everyone–lawyer, judge, and parent–wants what is best for the child. Being prepared and having an experienced child custody attorney on your team can greatly increase your success.

By the time you decide on divorce, you’ve likely already traversed a rocky, painful road. If children are involved, the way that you and your spouse handle the divorce process can have a lasting impact on their well being. Besides taking a more streamlined and measured approach, divorce mediation is also an opportunity to conserve limited funds and come to a smoother resolution.