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We are happy to announce that Christie Renardo has joined our firm! Christie will focus on Social Security/Disability, estate planning, and real estate matters. Christie is fluent in Spanish and proudly married to a US Airman. She hopes that working with Hancock Law Firm will offer her the chance to join our mission – serving those tho protect and serve our community! Welcome Christie!

Jury trial for a Domestic Battery case. Here we go.

It’s official! Moving into our new office location today! From now on, you can visit us at 4437 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

On my way out of my Divorce hearing this morning, someone asked me, “what’s up with the chairs?” I explained that the art installation, “Face the Jury” is meant to represent the artist’s experience serving on a jury and that we all have the opportunity to participate in the judicial system.

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In celebration of Independence Day & summer, new clients will receive 10% off all month!

New clients only, must retain firm in July, 2016. 10% off applies to all hourly services rendered during the month of July and all flat rate services purchased during the month of July. Discount does not apply to court costs, filing fees, service of process costs, or other expenses incurred on behalf of client. Contact us for more details.

This morning, I was meeting with a client who is going through a divorce. She and her estranged husband have a 3 year old daughter together. Of all of my current family law clients, this one is the youngest.

She spent some time telling me about how their marriage had fallen apart and why they couldn’t make things work. As most of these stories are, there were some unpleasant occurrences between them and some intense emotions.

Then, she told me about how her husband is as a father. She told me how her daughter’s face lights up when she sees him. With tears in her eyes, she told me about how much he loves their daughter and how much her daughter looks forward to the time she spends with him. She thought about how mean it would be to keep her daughter away from her daddy just because the parents aren’t getting along.

It was then that she said something that I’ve been thinking about ever since. Very wise words that I felt compelled to share: “I can be mad at him and I can be mean to him, but I will never be mean to [my child] because of him.”  

While this is not the case for every family law client, and I am well aware of the multitude of circumstances in which it is actually in the child’s best interest to have limited contact with one or both of their parents, I was very impressed with her ability to see that this was not the case for her family. And, to have the maturity to be thankful for that. In my opinion, it is the mark
of a good parent to have the ability to separate her personal feelings about the man from his ability to be a good father for their daughter.

It’s sometimes hard to remember, as things heat up in family law cases: your ex is not your child’s ex.  Children love both of their parents after divorce papers are filed just as much as they did before the papers were filed. It’s important to remember that when you talk badly about your ex in front of your children, it hurts their feelings to hear you say those things about someone they love. The children did not choose to have their parents separate and they should not be made to feel guilty or bad for loving both of their parents.

Hancock Law Firm is growing! Effective today, Allyson Smith, Esq. has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Please join us in welcoming Attorney Smith to Hancock Law Firm! Read more about Allyson Smith here.

Hancock Law Firm, PLLC will discount any estate planning package by 20% during the month of January, 2016. Contact us for prices and to set up your free consultation!Watch movie online Get Out (2017)