North Shore of Long Island Divorce Lawyer

Married life can be wonderful.

Currently, long island has one of the lowest divorce rates in the country - a testament to the fact that many couples enjoy a happy marriage for years, free from the concerns of family law. In New York, only around 12.9 out of every 1000 pairs got a divorce in 2016, compared to 23.4 out of 1000 for states like Arkansas.

Unfortunately, though the statistics may look positive, it's important to understand that anyone can find themselves suffering from the pain and heartache of a broken marriage. After all, divorces can happen for a host of different reasons. Some people face an insurmountable change in their relationship; other couples find that their marriage simply starts to fall apart naturally over time. Since New York is a no-fault divorce state, there doesn't need to be a specific reason that any couple decides it's time to call it quits.

However, even if your divorce is a mutual decision, that doesn't make the process any easier. The only real way to reduce the complexity and headaches of a divorce, is to make sure that you have the support of the right North Shore Long Island divorce lawyer. Fortunately, Attorney Shapiro is on-hand to help.

While North Shore divorce attorneys like Mr. Shapiro can't remove the emotional pain of your divorce or make the change in your lifestyle any easier to handle, they can provide you with the guidance and skill you need to start the next stage of your life on the right foot. When a marriage comes to an end, the best thing that any couple can do is move forward with their lives as quickly and painlessly as possible. Attorney Shapiro helps his clients do that, by giving them the local guidance and support they need to minimize the stress of divorce.

Attorney Shapiro specializes in all areas of family law, including divorce, child custody, adoption, and many other complex topics. With over two decades of experience across Long Island and New York, he can offer residents of North Shore Long Island the legal expertise they need, combined with an in-depth knowledge of the local courtrooms. Over the years, Attorney Shapiro has worked alongside various couples from a host of different backgrounds in Long Island, assisting with everything from equitable distribution, to child visitation rights, and more.

Making up Nassau County, Western Suffolk County, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, and Huntington, the North Shore of Long Island is the home to countless couples and families who face their own unlike issues every day. When problems regarding divorce or other elements of family law begin to emerge, it helps for these people to know that they have a supportive divorce attorney on hand to help them get through the experience with compassion and professionalism.

Attorney Shapiro deals more with divorce all the time and other areas of than any other areas of family law. He has extensive experience in the other elements of this legal sphere too, including the area of child custody and visitation rights. From his convenient position in Nassau County, just off the Jericho Turnpike, Attorney Shapiro can provide a useful source of knowledge and guidance to residents of Long Island who need to re-arrange their family dynamic in a way that supports the best interests of their child. Though Mr. Shapiro is an effective litigator, he also offers a range of alternative dispute resolution strategies that might be ideal for those facing child custody cases. For instance, as a collaborative lawyer, Attorney Shapiro can work alongside other professionals like psychologists and social workers in their respective fields to help parties make informed decisions about parental rights and guardianship.

One particularly popular option for residents of North Shore Long Island is mediation. As a certified and trained mediator, Attorney Shapiro can act as an objective third-party in the discussion of complex family law matters, including those surrounding divorce and child custody. Attorney Shapiro's comfortable and local office in Nassau County can act as the environment where couples can discuss their future following a divorce in an amicable way - coming to terms that both parties can agree upon. In some cases, the collaborative focus of mediation can help Long Island couples to maintain some semblance of a relationship for the benefit of their children, after a marriage has ended.

Wherever your North Shore family law experience takes you, Attorney Shapiro is available to provide the skill, knowledge, and insight that you need. In fact, Darren Shapiro's law and mediation office offer free initial thirty-minute consultation appointments for potential clients who want to discuss the options that might be available to them before they commit to working with a divorce attorney or child custody lawyer.

Ultimately, nothing can eliminate the emotional turbulence and heartache of a divorce, and issues of child custody will always be complicated. However, when North Shore Long Island residents know that they have the right support from a legal professional to guide them through their family law process, it can help to keep feelings of stress and overwhelm to a minimum. Today, Attorney Shapiro offers guidance and help from his office in Nassau County to anyone within the Northern Shore of Long Island. He's available to contact over the phone at (516) 333-6555 to answer any questions you might have about your case.

If you're ready to move on with your life, or you need help addressing a complicated issue with your current circumstances, contact the law and mediation office of Attorney Shapiro today.