Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  In Alabama, as in other states, the courts have adopted Basic Child Support Guidelines. Your child support will be based upon these guidelines. The guidelines will use the Gross Monthly income of both parents along with monthly Health insurance costs of the child and monthly Day Care costs of the child in determining the monthly child support obligation. The Guidelines may be deviated from but, subject to the Court's approval.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Yes, in Alabama, your obligation and responsibility to pay Court Ordered Child Support is not affected by the wrong doing of your ex-spouse. Your relief is to petition the Court for enforcement of your visitation rights through a Contempt of Court proceeding.
• Adoption
• Guardianship
  We represent clients in various estate and probate matters, including probating testate (with a will) and intestate (without a will) estates, will contests, adoptions, guardianships, and conservatorships. Additionally, we prepare documents for clients such as wills, powers of attorney, advanced health care directives (living wills), and other estate planning documents.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Tim focuses primarily on real estate law, title insurance matters, corporate law, and banking law. Most of his clients are developers, contractors, banks, and local business owners. He specializes in commercial and residential real estate development, loan closings, IRS Section 1031 tax deferred exchanges, foreclosures, and other lender transactions. Tim also handles real estate title claim issues and curative litigation, business purchase and sales, condominium and subdivision associations, and general buyer, seller, and lender representation.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  We create limited liability companies, partnerships, and corporations for clients, as well as assist with all business transactions, including asset purchase agreements, membership transfers and stock sales.
• Limited Liability Companies

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our closing manager is Ms. Gail W. Cash. She has more than 15 years experience with real estate closings, title insurance, and other general real estate matters. Please feel free to contact her anytime with your real estate closing and title insurance needs.
• Construction Litigation
• Real Estate Transactions
  In the last three years, we have had the pleasure of closing more than 600 commercial and residential real estate transactions, including FNMA, VA, FHA, Reverse Mortgages, SBA loans, and IRS Section 1031 exchanges. We are an approved closing agent and have recently closed loans for most every primary and secondary market lender, including, but not limited to, Chase Manhattan, Wells Fargo, Standard Federal, New America Financial, Countrywide, ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, First Federal, AmSouth, Colonial, Regions, and SouthTrust.
• Land Use and Zoning
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  We handle a broad range of real estate matters, including development projects, condominium formation, preparing subdivision covenants, owners’ association representation, land purchases and sales, zoning and planning issues, foreclosures, tax redemptions, landlord-tenant disputes, and environmental matters.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  We represent clients in civil disputes, including contract disputes, construction litigation, personal injury claims, and maritime/admiralty matters.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The foregoing list is by no means inclusive. Every Will is unique to its maker and the maker’s circumstances. Alabama allows a maker to exclude the maker’s children, but does not allow the make to exclude the maker’s spouse. The maker should consult with the maker’s attorney or other competent estate planning attorney before making a Will. The consequences of not making a valid Will means the State of Alabama determines the beneficiaries of the maker’s estate.
• Wills
  To make a valid Last Will and Testament in Alabama, the maker must be 18 or more years of age and of sound mind. “Sound mind” has been defined and held to mean the maker must have mind and memory sufficient enough to know and understand the nature and consequences of the asset or object to be bequeathed, the beneficiary to which the item is to be bequeathed, the business to be performed, and the ability to discern the simple and obvious relation of its elements to each other. More simply said, the maker must truly understand and comprehend the nature of the bequest and the person, charity, or other beneficiary to which the bequest is being made.
• Power of Attorney
  Whether the maker wants a healthcare power of attorney which authorizes another person to make treatment, surgery, and other healthcare decisions for the maker if the maker is unable.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  If the mortgage contains the requisite language, and absent a title defect or other potential defense, the foreclosure and sale of mortgaged property do not require a judge’s order or other judicial proceeding.
• Tax Law
  As your Revenue Commissioner, it is my mission to administer the State Tax Law of Alabama as it relates to property tax in Mobile County and provide effective, friendly, and professional customer service to the public. As part of that service, I hope that you find this website a useful tool.