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Specialist law firm in family law

Attor­neys in all areas of fam­i­ly law

Divorce 

BS LEGAL Rechtsanwälte 

Your specialist attorney in family law

Our law firm in Cologne-Lin­den­thal advis­es and rep­re­sents clients in all areas of fam­i­ly law. Our attor­neys spe­cial­ize in main­te­nance pro­ceed­ings, divorce pro­ceed­ings, and the divi­sion of mar­i­tal prop­er­ty, includ­ing the equal­iza­tion of accrued gains.

We also pro­vide ded­i­cat­ed sup­port in mat­ters of child cus­tody and vis­i­ta­tion. In addi­tion, our lawyers draft prenup­tial agree­ments as well as sep­a­ra­tion and divorce set­tle­ment agree­ments tai­lored to your indi­vid­ual needs.

Years of expe­ri­ence, ongo­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment, and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary col­lab­o­ra­tion enable us to rep­re­sent your inter­ests with the high­est lev­el of competence.

Fore­sight­ed and pro­fes­sion­al through the divorce process 

Your attorney for divorce

Are you fac­ing a divorce? Imag­ine know­ing today which pit­falls to avoid tomor­row — and how to nav­i­gate this chal­leng­ing sit­u­a­tion in a way that pro­tects both your per­son­al well-being and your finan­cial future. Our divorce attor­neys take a for­ward-look­ing approach, care­ful­ly shap­ing your divorce pro­ceed­ings while keep­ing your assets, fam­i­ly, and chil­dren firm­ly in view. Our holis­tic coun­sel ensures that you can make the right deci­sions in every respect.

Whether your divorce is ami­ca­ble or con­test­ed, we are your trust­ed point of con­tact in Cologne when sep­a­ra­tion becomes inevitable. Sim­ply send us an email at info@bs-legal.de out­lin­ing your con­cerns, and we will get back to you promptly.

Law firm for fam­i­ly law,
crim­i­nal law & tax­es in Cologne

Mo.-Fr. 9–13 & 14:00–17:30
Tel. +49 (0) 221 94 336 530
Fax +49 (0) 221 94 336 531
info@bs-legal.de

 

Law firm for fam­i­ly law,
crim­i­nal law & tax­es in Trautskirchen

Mo.-Fr. 9–13 & 14:00–17:30
Tel. +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 20
Fax +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 21
info@bs-legal.de

Your contact partners

Law firm for fam­i­ly law,
crim­i­nal law & tax­es in Cologne

Mo.-Fr. 9–13 & 14:00–17:30
Tel. +49 (0) 221 94 336 530
Fax +49 (0) 221 94 336 531
info@bs-legal.de

 

Law firm for fam­i­ly law,
crim­i­nal law & tax­es in Trautskirchen

Mo.-Fr. 9–13 & 14:00–17:30
Tel. +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 20
Fax +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 21
info@bs-legal.de

Your contact partners

Köln 

BS LEGAL Recht­san­wälte
Düren­er Straße 270
50935 Köln

Mo.-Fr. 09:00–13:00 & 14:00–17:30
Fr. 09:00 – 14:00

Tel.: +49 (0) 221 94 336 530
Fax: +49 (0) 221 94 336 531

info@bs-legal.de
www.bs-legal.de

Trautskirchen 

BS LEGAL Recht­san­wälte
Merzbach­er Straße 23
90619 Traut­skirchen

Mo.-Do. 09:00–12:00 & 13:00–16:00
Fr. 08:00 – 14:00

Tel.: +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 20
Fax: +49 (0) 910 79 24 59 21

info@kanzlei-strittmatter.de
www.kanzlei-strittmatter.de

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    Maintenance

    There are a vari­ety of main­te­nance claims. In the event of sep­a­ra­tion or divorce, the most impor­tant are sep­a­ra­tion and post-mar­i­tal main­te­nance as well as child main­te­nance. In addi­tion, main­te­nance claims on the occa­sion of a birth may come into con­sid­er­a­tion. Many high earn­ers are also con­front­ed with parental maintenance.

    In the case of main­te­nance claims, two things are impor­tant: quick asser­tion and knowl­edge of all legal pos­si­bil­i­ties to reduce the main­te­nance. Espe­cial­ly in the case of high-earn­ing spous­es, there can be con­sid­er­able poten­tial for savings.

    Custody and access rights

    Dis­agree­ments about cus­tody and access rights can arise not only after sep­a­ra­tion or divorce, but also in unmar­ried cou­ples. For exam­ple, unmar­ried fathers are not auto­mat­i­cal­ly enti­tled to cus­tody or access rights. Our lawyers will help you to assert cus­tody rights or oppose an appli­ca­tion for joint cus­tody where the best inter­ests of the child so require.

    The right of access is a sub-area of parental care. Each par­ent has the right to con­tact with his or her child. And the child also has the right to con­tact with each par­ent. It makes sense to have a con­tact arrange­ment that pro­vides clar­i­ty for all par­ties involved. If con­tact is denied or if con­tact is to be sus­pend­ed for rea­sons of the child’s best inter­ests, our lawyers will also assist you in judi­cial con­tact proceedings.

    Gain after divorce

    The law pro­vides in § 1378 BGB that the spouse who has gained more must com­pen­sate the oth­er spouse for half of the surplus.

    When cal­cu­lat­ing the equal­i­sa­tion claim, the amount of the assets on three cut-off dates is deci­sive. The first cut-off date for deter­min­ing the ini­tial assets is the day of the mar­riage. The final assets are cal­cu­lat­ed for the day on which the court serves the divorce peti­tion. An addi­tion­al state­ment of assets at the time of sep­a­ra­tion pre­vents the spouse who is oblig­ed to pro­vide infor­ma­tion from using the sep­a­ra­tion peri­od to set aside assets.

    Our lawyers pur­sue a two-stage strat­e­gy to resolve the con­flict. First, we rely on an out-of-court nego­ti­at­ed solu­tion that takes into account the inter­ests of both spous­es. If the oth­er spouse refus­es to accept an out-of-court solu­tion, we rep­re­sent your inter­ests vig­or­ous­ly in court.

    Spe­cial the­o­ret­i­cal & prac­ti­cal knowledge 

    Seal of quality specialist attorney for family law

    As a client, you right­ly val­ue excel­lent pro­fes­sion­al advice and many years of expe­ri­ence from a spe­cial­ist lawyer for fam­i­ly law.

    By instruct­ing a spe­cial­ist lawyer for fam­i­ly law, you can be sure that you will be advised and rep­re­sent­ed by a spe­cial­ist. Only 35% of all lawyers admit­ted to the bar in Ger­many hold the title of “spe­cial­ist lawyer”.

    The award of the title “spe­cial­ist lawyer” by the respec­tive bar asso­ci­a­tion requires proof of exten­sive the­o­ret­i­cal and prac­ti­cal knowledge.

    Theoretical knowledge

    A pre­req­ui­site for the award of the title of spe­cial­ist lawyer for fam­i­ly law is par­tic­i­pa­tion in a 120-hour course. In addi­tion, each appli­cant must under­go exten­sive writ­ten exam­i­na­tions, which take a total of 15 hours.

    Practical knowledge

    In order to be award­ed the title of Fachan­walt für Fam­i­lien­recht, each lawyer must work on 120 prac­ti­cal cas­es and pro­vide work sam­ples to the exam­i­na­tion board. At least 60 of the cas­es han­dled must have been court cas­es. Fur­ther­more, only those who have already been prac­tis­ing as a lawyer for at least three years may call them­selves a fam­i­ly law specialist.

    The Board of the Bar decides on the award of the title after the exam­i­na­tion com­mit­tee has giv­en its opinion.

    Annual continuing education obligation pursuant to § 15 FAO

    In addi­tion, every spe­cial­ist lawyer is oblig­ed to com­plete annu­al fur­ther train­ing and to pro­vide evi­dence of this to the Bar Asso­ci­a­tion. This ensures the high qual­i­ty stan­dard of the spe­cial­ist lawyer. As a client, you ben­e­fit from this.

    Trust your lawyer for family law in Cologne

    As a spe­cial­ist lawyer for fam­i­ly law, Attor­ney Strittmat­ter spe­cialis­es in rep­re­sent­ing fam­i­ly law cas­es in Cologne and nation­wide. In this con­text, he advis­es on ques­tions relat­ing to gain, sep­a­ra­tion and divorce agree­ments as well as main­te­nance claims and custody.

    Accord­ing to sta­tis­tics from the Cologne Bar Asso­ci­a­tion, there are only about 500 licensed spe­cial­ist lawyers for fam­i­ly law. The high require­ments for the award of the title of fam­i­ly law spe­cial­ist lawyer guar­an­tee opti­mal advice and rep­re­sen­ta­tion for cit­i­zens seek­ing justice.

    Due to the lawyer’s fees stip­u­lat­ed in the Lawyers’ Fees Act (RVG), rep­re­sen­ta­tion by a spe­cial­ist lawyer gen­er­al­ly does not incur high­er costs than when man­dat­ing a nor­mal lawyer.