Our Services
What we offer
Separation & Divorce
When a relationship ends, be it through a separation or a divorce, you want to be ensure that your rights are protected while also dealing with the emotional fallout. We can help you negotiate the terms of a separation or divorce to the best possible resolution.
Custody, Access & Parenting Time
Do you have children from a previous relationship where custody needs to be challenged, upheld or varied? We can help you protect your existing access, negotiate for more access or challenge the current custody arrangement.
Guardianship & Adoption
Are you caring for someone’s child and you want to become their legal guardian? Are you looking to adopt a child? Let us help you navigate the complicated legal process so that your efforts to care for a child are rewarded by the Courts.
Pre-nuptial & Cohabitation Agreements
Are you about to get married or enter into a living arrangement with a partner? Whether you have children, property, debts, assets or gifts, let us help you make sure that you are entering the marriage or arrangement with full-knowledge of your rights, and protections in the event that the relationship ends.
Child Protection
Do you have children involved with a Child and Family Services agency (“CFS agency”)? Have your children been apprehended by a CFS agency and you want them returned? Whether it be an investigation, a temporary apprehension, or a permanent one, we can help you to oppose the agency or negotiate the terms for your children’s return.
Traditional and Collaborative Family Law
While many areas of Family Law can involve conflict and acrimony, at David Syvitski Family Law we strive to minimize the impact they will have on the process.
Whether through the traditional family law process, or the newer, collaborative approach, our goal is to protect your legal rights in a way that also considers the long-term impact on your family.
Grandparents/Extended Family Access
In this modern age, families can be complicated. There can be multiple marriages or separations, or family divisions can result in alienation. Are you the grandparent, or other extended family member, of a child that the parent is refusing to let you visit? We can help overcome this obstacle and ensure that the child has access to you.