Family Law

• Divorce
• Guardianship
  The use of an Advanced Directive, which is set out specifically by New Hampshire law, avoids the necessity of obtaining guardianship of a person. They come into effect only if the principal is no longer mentally competent and it enables one or more designated individuals to make medical decisions for the principal, subject to any written instructions regarding the choice of medical care as may be set out in the documents.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  We specialize in all aspects of litigation: auto accident and injury claims, business disputes, and other civil and criminal matters. Attorney Dovovan, additionally, focuses on small business matters, estate planning, and elder law issues.

Business and Corporate Law

• Business Formation
• Business Disputes

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  His practice currently emphasizes estate planning, business formation and representation as well as general litigation, including personal injury. Representative clients: Gate City Tree Service, LLC; Northeast Water Wells, Inc.; Sullivan Transportation Systems, LLC; Bittle Enterprises, Inc.; Wolfson and Bernazzani, PLLC,; and Natural Lands Timber Cutting Service, LLC.
• Auto Accidents

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  A competent practitioner of estate planning is able to know what issues to look for and be certain that the very complex interplay asset preservation, tax, and creditors’ rights are all carefully considered. Although some of the documents available from the “do it yourself” estate planning forms are valid, many are not. It is virtually impossible to fix a potential mistake later, and any mistake can be extremely costly.
• Power of Attorney
  Powers of Attorney are generally used to avoid guardianship and may also be used for other purposes. A Power of Attorney may be general or limited in nature. In a typical case, a Power of Attorney is given to manage all financial affairs in the event that the person writing the Power of Attorney, or “Principal,” is unavailable or unable to handle the particular matter. Unlike guardianship, granting a Power of Attorney gives the principal the ability to determine who is taking over and making decisions. In the event of physical incapacity, simply making the Power of Attorney available to specific occasions effectively serves a limit on misuse. Of course, in the event of mental incapacity, there needs to be another mechanism put in place. The Power of Attorney is often set up in such a fashion that if one’s primary-care physician has examined the principal and determined that he or she is no longer mentally competent, then the Power of Attorney becomes effective. This avoids the possible risk or misuse of the Power of Attorney.
• Probate