Family law

In family law you can rely on Attorney at Law Holger Weismantel, Specialist Attorney for Family Law a representative of your interests with many years of experience in all areas of family law. It has been shown time and again that preventive legal advice in the separation situation helps to better assess and manage the problems that arise. Our objective in the separation and divorce situation is, as far as possible, to bring about an amicable settlement of the related consequential matters such as spousal support, child support, equalization of gains and the other areas of regulation such as the entitlement to the marital home as well as the custody and access rights for joint children.

Attorney Holger Weismantel is a member of the DAV Family Law Working Group. Continuous training and further education in cooperation with the Frankfurt Bar Association and the DAV (German Bar Association) ensure that you always receive up-to-date advice on the latest legal status. This is essential in view of the constant innovations in family law.

In detail, our activities in family law cover the following areas:

  • Divorces under German and international law

  • Property settlements, equalization of gains as well as reversal of marriage-related benefits

  • Assertion and defense of maintenance claims; child maintenance, spousal maintenance, maintenance for adults and maintenance for relatives

  • Enforcement and defense of maintenance claims and claims for equalization of gains in the context of an entrepreneurial marriage

  • German and international family law, with profound experience in Anglo-Saxon law, Spanish law, Italian law, Turkish law as well as in other foreign legal systems

  • Right of custody and contact

  • Preparation of marriage contracts including inheritance regulations, if necessary. also including asset components located abroad

  • Law of Civil Partnerships and “Marriage for All” as of October 2017

In case of doubt, we recommend that you clarify within the framework of a low-cost initial consultation which rights exist in detail, which rules of conduct are to be observed in order to secure the claims and how best to proceed with regard to an attempt at amicable settlement.

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