Fathers’ Rights

Understanding Your Rights As A Father

Questions and concerns regarding fathers’ rights can arise in several areas of family law, including paternity actions, child support and custody determinations, and adoptions. If you are a father and require assistance with a legal matter involving you and your child or children, Sirera Mediation Services is ready to assist you.

Paternity And Visitation; What To Expect

Family laws are gender-neutral. However, as a father, you may feel you’ve been assigned the role of secondary parent. Sirera Mediation Services strives to protect their clients’ rights and uphold federal and state gender-neutral laws. SMS offers this service in several types of practice areas, including the following:

  • Paternity: Sirera Mediation Services represents fathers in paternity actions. If you would like to establish paternity of a child, or if a mother of a child has brought a paternity action against you, she can help. She can answer your questions regarding a DNA blood test as well as your parental rights and responsibilities once paternity is established.
  • Child support and custody: Whether you are an unwed father or are going through a complex or high-asset divorce, Sirera Mediation Services can help you navigate the situation and arrive at fair and workable child support, custody and visitation determinations.
  • Adoption: Are you a stepfather who would like to legally adopt your spouse’s child or children from a previous marriage or relationship? Sirera Mediation Services can assist you in the process. Are you a father who is being pressured to terminate your parental rights? She can assist you in filing with the Putative Father Registry to ensure you are given notice regarding having your rights terminated prior to an adoption proceeding.

Sirera Mediation Services is a Mandeville fathers’ rights mediator who provides trusted, honest and compassionate representation to fathers. In addition to serving the Greater New Orleans area for more than 25 years,  SMS is qualified as a court-appointed mediator. Whenever possible, they can guide you toward a mediated resolution rather than a costly and time-consuming courtroom battle.

Mediation And Your Parental Rights

A trial can make your family issues more contentious, expensive and stressful than necessary. Virginia Sirera is a skilled attorney and mediator who can help you use mediation to resolve your parental matters in a mutually satisfactory manner. When you work with her, you will sit down in a neutral setting to work out an agreement and assert your rights as a father.

Let’s Discuss Your Case; Call Today

If you are a father with questions regarding you and your child or children, Sirera Mediation Services can provide a straightforward approach to resolving your concerns. SMS offers a reasonable fee structure, and off-site, evening and weekend appointments can be arranged. Contact them at 985-246-3180 for more information on Mediation.