The Ramage Law Group

At The Ramage Law Group, we pride ourselves on our commitment to building rewarding, productive relationships with our clients ? relationships that endure over time. Time and again, clients return to our law firm with new legal challenges or refer friends and relatives to this law practice. Our attorneys, Sharon Ramage, Gwen Rawls Williams, Marissa Balius and Mary Barefield welcome new referrals with gratitude and confidence that we can meet the needs of those who need our counsel and representation in all family law matters such as:

High-asset and complex divorces
Child custody and visitation
Family violence
Extended family rights
Newborn and stepchild adoptions
Pursuing rights of dads

A life, a relationship, a marriage, a family ? these very personal matters are best understood by the men, women, and children who are living them out. Laws and courts give definitions and clarify rights and responsibilities for us all with regard to members of our families. However, no one other than a mother or a father knows a child's needs with the same intimate insights. No one other than a spouse understands the needs of the family post-divorce.

Sentimental value can matter just as much as dollar amount values in the overall consequences of property division agreements. No one but a member of a family household understands the full significance of a piece of real estate in one's personal history, or appreciates the full value of the personal property within that home and on that land.

For these reasons, we are big advocates of legal processes that keep decision-making in the hands of those who will live with the consequences. This is the beauty of collaborative law: Individuals approaching divorce reach their own resolutions, keeping family matters in the family.

In addition to being a proponent of collaborative law for those who can benefit from it, we are also child-focused family law attorneys. As your advocate in a child custody matter, you can expect our attorneys to stress the best interests of the child as emphatically as a courtroom judge would do. We will remind you that when you divorce, you are not losing your family; you are just changing the way it looks. We welcome the opportunity to help you engineer your own destiny as you move through the phases of a family law issue that will change your life, such as a divorce, custody modification or an adoption.