Family Law

• Divorce
  It depends on the length of the marriage. In a long-term military marriage, often the single largest asset is the Military Pension or Military Retirement Pay. Typical military retirement pay usually ranges from $ 1,200 to several thousand dollars per month (or substantially more for generals and flag ranks). If a person has a forty-year life expectancy, post-retirement, the pension can be worth anywhere between $ 590,000 to more than two million (absent a present value reduction and excluding cost of living or inflation). Given the value of this asset, if you are facing this type of a military divorce, you should seek the advice of an experienced Montana divorce attorney.
• Child Support
  Going through a divorce or custody fight can be a painful and frightening experience. The uncertainty alone leaves you awake at nights wondering how you will survive it all. Can I support myself? Can I afford to keep the house? Will I have to move? Will I have to give up some of my retirement? Who will pay all the debt? Can I afford to live while paying child support? Will the kids be okay? When will this nightmare end?
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Child custody can be one of the most emotionally charged areas of the law.  As a parent, you are expected to put your personal animosity aside, and cooperate with the other parent for the well-being of your child.  Even though you and the other parent have separated and may have a strained personal relationship, you will be expected to co-parent in a manner which promotes the best interests of your child.
• Adoption
• Spousal Support
  Alimony is known as Spousal Maintenance in Montana. Spousal Maintenance is the payment from one spouse to another spouse either on a temporary or permanent basis. Spousal Maintenance is intended to allow a spouse to maintain the same type of lifestyle or standard of living that he or she enjoyed during the marriage.
• Annulment
  Under this rule, the former military spouse qualifies for medical care benefits for only one year from the date of the divorce, dissolution or annulment. However, if the former spouse is covered by an employer-sponsored health care plan, medical care benefits are not available.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Wrongful Death
• Fraud
• Assault
• Arson
  What if my spouse has made a false claim and the court issued an Order of Protection preventing me from being in the family home?
• Restraining Order
  An Order of Protection is also commonly referred to as a “Restraining Order” which essentially restrains or prevents one person from making contact with another person. This order typically requires one person to stay at least 1500 feet away from the other person.
• Kidnapping

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
• Severance Agreement

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Even though Sunday’s primary emphasis is family law, she has a whole spectrum of legal experience where she has practiced in the following areas of law: wrongful termination from employment; criminal defense; private business representation; real estate fraud litigation; personal injury litigation; wrongful death claims; youth in need of care proceedings; and inmate civil rights.