Middletown, Connecticut, Civil Attorneys
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Our real estate lawyers do real estate contracts, title review and closings for both commercial and residential properties. They appear before planning and zoning and inland wetland commissions. Our clients include buyers and sellers of real estate, lessors, lessees and developers.
Our attorneys represent people who have suffered serious injuries as a result of car, truck and motorcycle accidents. Connecticut is a comparative negligence state, which means you can recover damages as long as you are not more than 50 percent at fault for the accident.
Wrongful death cases are about more than compensation. They are about helping a family find answers, holding the responsible party accountable and, when possible, making a difference to help prevent similar deaths from happening to other people.
Any premises that is open to the public must be maintained so it is safe for guests. If you are injured as a result of unsafe conditions in a store, parking lot, sidewalk or other public area, you may be entitled to compensation.
Attorney Bernard Poliner is a member of the legal advisory committee to the chairman of the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission, serves on the Executive Committee of Workers' Compensation of the Connecticut Bar Association and is a member of the Standing Committee for certification to specialize in the field of Workers' Compensation.
Estate planning, probate and estate administration services have been an important part of our law practice for more than 80 years. Our clients include executors and administrators of deceased persons, young families who want to name a guardian for their minor children if they should die, families who want to manage and conserve their assets, people who have been asked to serve as executor or administrator for a friend's or family member's estate as well as caregivers who need to establish a conservatorship for an incapable person or a guardianship for a minor.
Whenever you go into a business venture with another person, it's important to have an attorney help you draft the agreements that will protect your rights. It's one thing to go though the steps of a partnership or LLC formation and put your money into the business entity. Getting your money out of the business is a different matter.
If you are going through a divorce, it's easy to let anger and frustration with your spouse spill over into the legal issues of marriage dissolution, alimony, and child support or custody. Our experienced family law attorneys can help secure positive results and help our clients to a better future.
Child Custody and Child Support
In the past, moms typically had primary residential custody of children after divorce, while dads had visitation according to a schedule. However, today our lawyers have been successful in negotiating primary residential child custody for dads, as well as alternating child custody plans.
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