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Atty Karyn Gimbel Youso
Atty Holly R. Alsteen
Family Law – Traditional Divorce – Collaborative Divorce -- Mediation -- Custody/Placement Disputes -- Paternity

Few issues can involve the emotional pain, frustration, and complexity of family law matters.  The stakes are high – the outcome of your divorce or other family law matters can impact your life, and the lives of your children, for years to come.  Brookfield, Wisconsin family law attorneys Karyn Gimbel Youso and Holly R. Alsteen assist families in pursuing peaceful resolution of their family law matters. 

To learn more about family law, please visit our  Family Law FAQs page.

Atty Youso focuses on traditional divorce, collaborative law and mediation, but also provides advice and assists Atty Alsteen in her representation of clients on a variety of other family law matters, including:

Paternity
A paternity action involves formally establishing an individual as father of your child, if you are not married to that person.  There are different legal steps which Attorney Youso can help you take to protect yourself and your child, depending on your circumstances.  Those steps might address whose name is on the birth certificate, whether child support is necessary and if so in what amount, whether custody of the child should be sole or joint, and what is an appropriate child visitation schedule between parents. 

Separation
Separation is similar to a divorce in that the couple is typically living apart, and this arrangement has been legitimized by mutual agreement or a court order.  A separation differs from a divorce in that the law recognizes the chance that a couple might come back together.  Separated spouses cannot re-marry until a divorce has been finalized.  If you are separated, it is critical that you make your arrangement “legal” – potentially protecting you from a wide variety of complications involving debt, child custody, support, and more. 

Custody/Placement Modifications
Whether you obtained a court order of divorce, separation or paternity, sometimes your life or your ex-partner's changes, and modifications to the order are appropriate.  A modification motion is a separate legal action brought by the attorney to address the situation as it exists now, rather than as it existed at the time the court order was first put into place.  Has your income gone down/up?  Does your child have new special needs? Is the visitation schedule just not being honored or not working out to the benefit of your child?  It is possible your order can be changed to fix the problems as you see them.

Domestic Violence
Domestic Abuse includes physical violence, emotional and psychological abuse, as well as the one-sided financial control of one partner.  Oftentimes an individual may need a restraining order to protect herself and her child.  Victims of abuse who desire separation or divorce from their abusive partners are especially vulnerable to experiencing an escalation in the violence, and should seek shelter and professional advice before rushing to file their family court actions. 

Contact Wisconsin family law and divorce attorneys Karyn Gimbel Youso and Holly R. Alsteen today.

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Atty Karyn Gimbel Youso
Atty Holly R. Alsteen
Jacobson Legal Group, S.C.

13255 West Bluemound Road, Suite 203
Brookfield, WI 53005
Phone: (262) 780 – 0460
Fax: (262) 780 – 0468

Jacobson Legal Group, S.C. is conveniently located in Brookfield, Wisconsin at the corner of Bluemound and Elm Grove Roads.  Attorneys Youso and Alsteen regularly serve clients throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area, including Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Racine and Ozaukee counties.  Their clients have hailed from the communities of Brookfield, Elm Grove, Waukesha, New Berlin, Mukwonago, Muskego, Oconomowoc, Pewaukee, New Berlin, Milwaukee, Wauwatosa, Bay View, Franklin, Greenfield, Greendale, West Allis, Whitefish Bay, Shorewood, River Hills, Bayside, Mequon, Thiensville, Germantown, and Menomonee Falls.  Mediation services are also provided, by appointment, to clients in the Northern Door County Corridor, including Egg Harbor, Juddville, Fish Creek, Ephraim, Sister Bay, Ellison Bay, Gills Rock, Baileys Harbor, and Jacksonport.