Connecticut and New York Family Law Attorneys
Westport, Connecticut — Manhattan, New York
The Law Offices of Heidi E. Opinsky, provides a full range of family law services. Our two-member lawyer team has over 25 years of combined legal experience and has helped hundreds of residents successfully navigate through divorce proceedings in both Connecticut and New York. We are highly experienced in working with individuals who face family law challenges simultaneously in both states. Our practice areas include:
- Divorce and separation
- Spousal support, maintenance and alimony, including fighting for the support judgment and payments you need and defense against excessive payments for the noncustodial parent and higher-income spouse
- Child support, including a full and accurate assessment of spousal incomes, to determine the proper payment to benefit minor children
- Division of property. Our firm works closely with an expert forensic accountant at no additional cost to you. We can handle cases involving complex financial scenarios and instruments including deferred compensation, stock options, hedge funds, license valuations (in New York) and appreciation, and complex and multiple-owner businesses.
- Domestic abuse and violence, including filing orders of protection and relief from abuse petitions to free your home from violence
- Custody and visitation
- Modifications, including modifications resulting from relocation, income adjustments, employment changes, remarriage, dangerous or negligent behavior by a parent, problems resulting from drug or alcohol use or abuse, parental illness, a child’s special needs and ineffective legal representation at the time of your divorce
- Prenuptial agreements, including circumstances involving a second marriage, ownership of personal or family property (in New York), and divorce and separation
- Collaborative law. Collaborative law is a dispute resolution process that can involve less risk, cost and acrimony, and give a higher degree of confidentiality.
- Financial planning
- Mediation
- Paternity
- Adoption
- Separation agreements
Contact Us
If you have family law questions, contact our firm. We can meet with you weekdays, weeknights or weekends to begin resolving your divorce and other family law challenges. Contact us in either our Connecticut or New York office at 203-349-8978 or 917-338-4138.
