909 Texas, Suite 1010
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone # (281) 799-7212
Fax # (713) 229-8404
e-mail: johnetteduff@aol.com
http://www.divorcesource.com/TX/DS/duff.html
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Ms. Duff offers a free consultation to new clients. Her practice includes:
Ms. Duff is also currently a participant in a pilot program in Galveston County sponsored by the Children's Justice Act. Through a federal grant to the 306th District Court, all emergency cases involving children taken into custody by Children's Protective Services are mediated within two weeks of the agency taking possession of the child. The first year of this project begun in September of 1997, has been such a success that funding has been received for a second year of the program. Ms. Duff, one of the four original mediators in the program, has been actively involved in Its instrumentation and success. By bringing all parties to the table at the time the problem is identified, these mediations mean that children are being moved out of foster care at a much more rapid rate.
- divorce
- adoption
- child custody
- child support increases
- enforcement of child support
- grandparent visitation
- premarital and postmarital agreements
- cohabitation agreements
- establishment of paternity
- pre-divorce mediation.
Johnette Duff, Esq.
Johnette Duff, Attorney at Law and Certified Family Mediator, is the author of The Spousal Equivalent Handbook: A legal and financial guide to living together (Dutton /Penguin), The Marriage Handbook: A legal and financial guide to your spousal rights (Dutton/ Penguin) and Love After Fifty: The complete legal and financial guide (Love & Money Press). She is currently at work on her latest book, Grandparenting: the complete legal and financial guide, to be published in 1999.
Ms. Duff, who concentrates on family cases In her private law practice in the Houston/ Galveston area, has been a licensed attorney since 198 1. She has been featured on Today, Good Morning America and CBS This Morning, as well as in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, Modern Maturity, Self, New Woman and Smart Money.
Her interest In educating the public on their legal rights led her to family mediation. A mediator can facilitate rational decision-making between even the most disgruntled soon-to-be ex-spouses, allowing them the opportunity to explore myriad options not available in the courtroom while also avoiding out-of control expenses, lengthy delays and the emotional trauma of traditional divorce litigation.
Born In Galveston, Ms. Duff Is a graduate of Clear Creek High School, The University of Texas (with a degree in journalism) and South Texas College of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Galveston Bar Association, the Galveston Family Law Bar Association, and is currently serving as vice-president of the Galveston County Mediation Association. Her office is in the Clear Lake area, conveniently located between Houston and Galveston.
Ms. Duff can be reached by telephone at 281-799-7212
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