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Christopher R. Owens · Probate and Estate Planning Attorney · Family · Birmingham
2101 1st Avenue North, Suite 320, Birmingham, AL 35203
Probate and estate planning attorney. He handles wills, trusts, powers of attorney, living wills and advance directives, property deeds, guardianships and conservatorships, and the probate of estates, including small estates and estates without a will. He meets clients at the firm's Birmingham and Chelsea offices.
Divorce and separation, custody and visitation, child support and dividing property. In Alabama, divorce and other domestic relations cases are heard by the circuit court of the county, and child support is worked out under the Alabama Supreme Court's Rule 32 Child Support Guidelines.
For Birmingham, divorce and other domestic relations cases are heard by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County.
Under Rule 32 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration — the Child Support Guidelines. The current guidelines were revised effective May 1, 2022, for cases filed on or after that date. The Administrative Office of Courts publishes the guidelines schedule and the forms.
The residency rule is set by the Code of Alabama. We haven't been able to confirm it on an official page, so we don't quote it here — check the Code or ask a family lawyer before you file.
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