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Cynthia A. Grellner PA
I believe in equal protection under the law and the Right to Counsel for all. I am committed to excellence and have offered comprehensive Family Law legal advice and counsel in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and surrounding Florida Counties. I have a reputation for fair and creative litigation approaches. I have been successfully representing clients in the Tampa Bay Area since 1989. Whether you are DIVORCING, ESTABLISHING PATERNITY, or MODIFYING AN EXISITION ORDER I can assist you with comprehensive advice and effective representation. Protecting your rights is what Cynthia A. Grellner PA does best.
Your Legal Rights Are My Business
Cynthia A. Grellner Your Trusted Family Law Attorney
FAMILY LAW
Cynthia A. Grellner PA specializes in all Family Law Matters
Considering a divorce? I can assist you with establishing Time-Sharing and Child Custody. In obtaining Child Support, Alimony and Equitable Distribution of your assets and liabilities. I pride myself on offering my clients the very best advice in my areas of practice. I know what I do best, and will bring an unparalleled depth of knowledge to your case. Serving Tampa and the surrounding areas.
Need a Paternity Action? Does the other parent dictate to you when and where you can see your child(ren)? Are you unable to visit with your child? During my career I have assisted many parents in establishing Time-Sharing with their child(ren). Let me use my experience to assist you in establishing and nurturing a relationship with your child(ren).
Have suffered the loss of a loved one? I am ready to help you with Probate during this difficult time. I have the legal knowledge, skills, and experience to advise clients on probate matters. I am proud to extend my professional services to help all of my clients resolve their legal matters here in the Tampa area.
DOR CHILD SUPPORT
PATERNITY
DISESTABLISHMENT OF PATERNITY
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Have you been served by the Florida Department of Revenue (DOR) Child Support Enforcement?
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Is child support being taken from your pay?
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Has a Child Support case and/or a Paternity Action been filed against you in Hillsborough County, Florida.
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Do you suspect you are not the Father?
At Cynthia A. Grellner PA we have the legal knowledge, skills, and experience to assist you if you answered yes to any of the above questions. I have assisted clients in paternity, child support and disestablishment of paternity cases.
Department of Revenue (DOR) will pursue you for child support if the other parent receives any State of Florida aid. The State of Florida DOR will also assist other States in enforcing their child support orders. One goal for the DOR to recoup moneys paid by the state to the other parent on behalf of your child. Whether you participate in the Child Support action or not the outcome will be a child support award. By not actively participating you set yourself up for child support award that does not reflect your accurate earnings or the time you spend with your child(ren). Further, child support arrearages can be established, wage garnishment orders entered, potential driver's license suspension for non-payment of arrearages, inability to obtain a US Passport or to travel overseas can be the result of child support arrearage. Do not allow yourself to be a victim; get legal advise if you are served with a Department of Revenue Child Support lawsuit.
Child Support can be established by Administrative Order. If you receive a request for you income information in the mail do not ignore this. You need to request a hearing. If you complete the income information and return it Child Support can be established administratively without a hearing. Seek legal advice and be proactive about your future.
One component of a child support calculation is the number of overnights each parent has with the minor child(ren). To establish a fair time-sharing schedule, especially if you are not married, requires a Petition to Establish Paternity or Petition to Establish Parental Responsibility and a Parenting Plan. If your do not attend the child support hearing to testify as to the time-sharing your have or if there is no time-sharing the Court will order the maximum child support there is based upon the parties incomes.
Your not the Father!
Florida Statute 742.18 allows a man to disestablish paternity, after a court order, if he is not the biological father. The basis of the man's Petition to Disestablish Paternity must be newly-discovered evidence. Once there is DNA evidence the man is not the father of the child he has only 90 days to file to Disestablish his Paternity. The man must establish that he did not know he wasn't the father when the last court order was entered. That the DNA test was validly conducted. The man is substantially compliant with child support or there is a good reason there is an arrearage. The man did not adopt the child. The man has not prevented the child's biological father from asserting his rights. The child has not reached 18 years of age. I have assisted several client's in disestablishing their paternity. Let me help you.
I am proud to extend my professional services to help all of my clients resolve their legal matters. My office is centrally located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL.
MARITAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
During my years of practice I have had a majority of divorce cases successfully resolved by a negotiated Marital Settlement Agreement. Florida law requires all family law cases be mediated prior to a final hearing. Mediation employs a neutral third person to assist the parties in reaching an agreement on all or some of their issues. Mediation offers the parties the opportunity to fashion a resolution that best fits their family circumstances. Resolving some or all of the issues at mediation decreases the cost of litigation and the emotional costs of appearing and testifying at trial. Mediation allows my client to have the final word, not the Judge.
I have guided a number of clients through the mediation process to a successful conclusion resolving all or most of their pending issues. If all of the issues are resolved at mediation the case are then finalized at a short and simple jurisdictional hearing.
I understand the process of mediation both as an attorney and as a mediator. I am a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and as such I understand the benefits of allowing the parties the opportunity to resolve their issues in the best interest of their unique family.
