Family law issues are both the most emotionally difficult and sometimes the happiest issues a lawyer can handle. The family law attorneys of the Sawatzke Law Firm provide caring, competent legal representation to help individuals and families with all their family law needs.

Whether you need help negotiating marital property division during a divorce or you wish to adopt your step-child, we can assist you with prompt, accessible service and creative legal solutions.

Contact our Council Bluffs law office for help with any Iowa family law matter. Call us toll-free at 888-752-8140 to schedule a consultation regarding any of the following:

• Contested and uncontested divorce or legal separation
• Division of marital assets and debt for estates of all sizes, including those with pension plans, complex executive pay packages, and family owned businesses
• Spousal support ("alimony")
• Child custody and visitation agreements, including modification of child custody agreements when circumstances change, as well as child custody in the context of paternity.
• Child support, support modification, and contempt for non-payment of court-ordered support, including child support issues related to paternity.
• Step-parent and relative adoption, as well as guardianship to ensure that children—and elders—receive the care they need
• Restraining orders when families have been victims of domestic violence
• Prenuptial agreements
• Name changes

Giving You Options to Resolve Complex Family Law Issues

Family law attorney Helen Savage brings to the firm's clients a practical approach to the complicated issues of divorce and family law. Divorce is never comfortable; the longer a case takes, the more uncomfortable—and costly—it becomes. Ms. Savage strives to help clients resolve their differences promptly and as amicably as possible.

We give our clients options: litigation, negotiation, and mediation can all be effective means to resolve a divorce or child custody case. Depending upon the circumstances of your family law case, you may benefit from the time and potential cost savings offered by mediation. If your case is not appropriate for mediation, Ms. Savage is an aggressive advocate in court.

Our clients' needs guide our actions, both in court and out. You can count on the Sawatzke Law Firm to work hard to help you achieve your goals in the most appropriate manner. Contact our Council Bluffs law office to schedule an appointment.

Sawatzke Law Firm

Call Toll Free: 888-752-8140

229 South Main Street
Council Bluffs, IA 51503-6504
Telephone: (712) 325-4000 ● Fax: (712) 325-5555
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From our Council Bluffs law office, the attorneys of the Sawatzke Law Firm provide legal representation in family law, workers' compensation, personal injury, and criminal law for clients across southwest Iowa, in communities such as Council Bluffs, Logan, Harlan, Denison, Clarinda, Atlantic, Sidney, Red Oak, Glenwood, and Audubon, and throughout the greater Omaha, Nebraska area, including Douglas County and Sarpy County.

Pottawattamie County ● Harrison County ● Shelby County ● Crawford County ● Page County ● Cass County ● Fremont County ● Montgomery County ● Mills County ● Audubon County