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Family Law
Divorce, custody, parenting time and support, handled with as little heat as the situation allows.
- Divorce, legal separation and annulment
- Custody and parenting time schedules
- Child support and spousal support
Kestrel Point, Michigan · Established 2009
Straight answers, steady counsel.
Three attorneys, one office on Main Street, and a short list of things we do well. Most people come to us in the middle of a hard month, so we keep the language plain and the fees on the table from the first meeting.
Consultations run 45 minutes, in the office or over the phone, and you leave knowing what the next step costs.
17 years
practicing in this county
Three areas
family, estates, small business
Flat fees
wherever the work allows one
What we handle
Three practice areas, and nothing we dabble in.
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Estate Planning
Wills, trusts and the paperwork that keeps your family out of a courtroom later on.
- Wills and revocable living trusts
- Durable powers of attorney, financial and medical
- Guardian nominations for minor children
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Small-Business Law
Formation, contracts, leases and the ordinary questions that come up once you have employees.
- LLC and corporation formation and operating agreements
- Client contracts, vendor terms and independent contractor agreements
- Commercial lease review before you sign
How we work
Four steps, and you always know which one you are on.
- 01
Consult
A sit-down of about 45 minutes, in the office or by phone. You tell us what happened. We tell you what the law does with it, and what it is likely to cost.
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Plan
You get the options in writing: what we would do first, what it costs, roughly how long it takes, and what could change that.
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Act
We do the work. Filings, drafting, negotiation, the phone calls nobody wants to make. You approve anything that goes out with your name on it.
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Follow through
Deeds recorded, judgments entered, documents signed and stored. We tell you when a matter is closed instead of letting it go quiet.
Who you will work with
The attorney you meet is the attorney who does the work.
Nora M.
Partner · Family law
Nora has spent her whole career in family court in this county. She is direct about what a case is worth and honest about what it will cost, and she would rather settle a matter in a conference room than argue it in front of a judge.
Elliot F.
Partner · Estate planning and probate
Elliot writes plans people can actually read. He walks each client through what happens to the house, the accounts and the business, then puts it in writing without the padding that makes these documents feel unapproachable.
Priya R.
Associate · Small-business matters
Priya handles formations, contracts and lease reviews for shops, trades and studios around Kestrel Point. She reads the paperwork closely, flags the two or three terms that matter, and explains them in a phone call rather than a memo.
“Most legal problems get more expensive the longer they sit. The first conversation is the cheap one.”
The partners at Marlowe & Finch
In their words
What clients tell us afterward.
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They told me in the first meeting which parts of my case were worth fighting and which were not. That saved me months and a great deal of money.
We put off writing a will for eleven years because it felt complicated. Two appointments and it was done, and I understood every page of it.
I sent over a lease on a Tuesday and had a call back Wednesday morning with the three clauses I should push on. My landlord agreed to two of them.
Tell us what happened. We will tell you what it means.
Call the office or send the form and we will find you a consultation slot this week.