Midtown
Address: 3601 Main Street, Suite 300 Kansas City, MO 64111Phone: (816) 555-0128Hours: Monday – Friday: 8:30am – 5:30pmSide door on 36th Street; parking behind the building.
Directions to the Midtown officeFamily lawyers in Kansas City
Your safety first. The court papers can wait a day.
We handle protective orders, divorce, custody and adoption from three offices around the city. Call the one nearest you, and a lawyer will help you sort out what has to happen this week and what can wait.
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What we handle
Where most of our clients start
If your situation isn't on this list, we'll say so on the first call and give you the name of someone who handles it.
Protective orders
Asking a court to order someone to stay away from you and your children, or answering a petition filed against you.
About protective ordersDivorce
Agreed or contested, with or without children: the house, the debts, the retirement accounts and the schedule after.
About divorceCustody and support
Parenting time, decisions and child support, whether it's a first order or a change to an old one.
About custody and supportAdoption
Stepparent, grandparent and relative adoptions, for families who are already raising the child.
About adoption
Offices
Three neighborhood offices across Kansas City
Each has a lawyer who works there most days and a room where you can talk without being overheard. Pick whichever is easiest to reach from home, work or school.
Northland
Address: 5600 N Oak Trafficway, Suite 120 Kansas City, MO 64118Phone: (816) 555-0146Hours: Monday – Thursday: 9am – 6pm Friday: 9am – 1pmGround floor, with a free lot by the door.
Directions to the Northland officeWaldo
Address: 7520 Wornall Road Kansas City, MO 64114Phone: (816) 555-0172Hours: Monday – Friday: 9am – 5pm Evenings by appointmentStreet level, two blocks from the 75th Street bus stop.
Directions to the Waldo office
Clients
Said by clients once things were calmer
“I called from my car in a grocery store parking lot. Yusra stayed on the phone until I knew where I was sleeping that night and what to file in the morning.”
Danielle R.Protective order, Midtown
“Greer explained my divorce in the order it was going to happen. I stopped reading about it online at two in the morning, which was half the battle.”
Marcus T.Divorce, Waldo
“We'd raised our granddaughter for six years. Lucian made the adoption feel like paperwork about something that was already true.”
Bev and Leon O.Grandparent adoption, Northland
Shared with each client's permission. Every family's case is different, and these words don't promise a result in yours.
Questions
What callers ask us in the first few minutes
Will the other person find out I called you?
Not from us. What you tell us stays confidential. If it isn't safe for us to call, text or email you, tell us the one way that is, and we'll use only that.
Can you help with a protective order this week?
Usually, yes. Courts hear these requests quickly, and we can help you fill out the petition, file it and get ready for the hearing. If you're in danger right now, call 911 first.
I don't know yet if I want a divorce. Can I still come in?
Yes. Plenty of people come in to understand their choices before they decide anything. Nothing gets filed unless you ask us to file it.
What does a first meeting cost?
We tell you the fee for a first meeting before you book it. Once we know more, we'll tell you what the case itself is likely to cost, in writing.
Which office should I go to?
Whichever is easiest and safest for you to reach. Any of us can take your case, and your file can move with you if you'd rather meet somewhere else.
Call before you decide anything
Tell us what's going on. We'll say what we'd do first, and you choose what happens next.
If you're in danger right now, call 911.