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Claude S. Smith, III
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1. Claude S. Smith, III Charleston, WV
  Attorney at Law - WV, 1992
  University of Houston J.D. 1989
2. AboutThe Law Offices of Claude S. Smith III
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Ashton Leeann Bias

Custody & Visitation, Divorce & Family Law, Divorce

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 9 Years

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4700 Maccorkle Ave Se, Charleston, WV 25304

Charles R. Hamilton

Civil Rights, Family Law, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 43 Years

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5130 Maccorkle Ave Se, Charleston, WV 25304

Cynthia J. Jarrell

Divorce & Family Law, Adoption

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 40 Years

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Danville, WV 25053

Denise Lynn Avampato

Lawsuit & Dispute, Wills & Probate, Divorce, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 25 Years

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1541 Bridge Rd, Charleston, WV 25314

Gregory E. Elliott

Power of Attorney, Employment Contracts, Child Custody, Criminal

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 47 Years

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3508 Noyes Ave, Charleston, WV 25304

James Alexander Meade

Mediation, Family Law, Criminal, Personal Injury

Status: In Good Standing

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36 Adams Street, Chapmanville, WV 25508

Jerry D. Alford

Workers' Compensation, Child Custody

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 40 Years

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301 Midway Rd, Alum Creek, WV 25003

John B. Carrico

Divorce & Family Law, Criminal, Accident & Injury

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 60 Years

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208 Flint Lock Rd, Charleston, WV 25314

John B. Carrico

Divorce & Family Law, Criminal, Accident & Injury

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 60 Years

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208 Flint Lock Rd, Charleston, WV 25314

Jonathan Robert Seabolt

Divorce

Status: In Good Standing Licensed: 11 Years

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207 Georgetown Pl, Charleston, WV 25314

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LEGAL TERMS

ADOPTIVE PARENT

A person who completes all the requirements to legally adopt a child who is not his or her biological child. Generally, any single or married adult who is deter... (more...)

A person who completes all the requirements to legally adopt a child who is not his or her biological child. Generally, any single or married adult who is determined to be a 'fit parent' may adopt a child. Some states have special requirements, such as age or residency criteria. An adoptive parent has all the responsibilities of a biological parent.

FOSTER CARE

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents h... (more...)

Court-ordered care provided to children who are unable to live in their own homes, usually because their parents have abused or neglected them. Foster parents have a legal responsibility to care for their foster children, but do not have all the rights of a biological parent--for example, they may have limited rights to discipline the children, to raise them according to a certain religion or to authorize non-emergency medical procedures for them. The foster parents do not become the child's legal parents unless the biological parents' rights are terminated by a court and the foster parents adopt the child. This is not typically encouraged, as the goal of foster care is to provide temporary support for the children until they can be returned to their parents. See also foster child.

UNCONTESTED DIVORCE

A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court... (more...)

A divorce automatically granted by a court when the spouse who is served with a summons and complaint for divorce fails to file a formal response with the court. Many divorces proceed this way when the spouses have worked everything out and there's no reason for both to go to court -- and pay the court costs.

CONFINEMENT IN PRISON

In most states with fault divorce, grounds for a spouse not in prison to obtain a fault divorce if the other spouse has been imprisoned for a certain number of ... (more...)

In most states with fault divorce, grounds for a spouse not in prison to obtain a fault divorce if the other spouse has been imprisoned for a certain number of years.

COMPLAINT

Papers filed with a court clerk by the plaintiff to initiate a lawsuit by setting out facts and legal claims (usually called causes of action). In some states a... (more...)

Papers filed with a court clerk by the plaintiff to initiate a lawsuit by setting out facts and legal claims (usually called causes of action). In some states and in some types of legal actions, such as divorce, complaints are called petitions and the person filing is called the petitioner. To complete the initial stage of a lawsuit, the plaintiff's complaint must be served on the defendant, who then has the opportunity to respond by filing an answer. In practice, few lawyers prepare complaints from scratch. Instead they use -- and sometimes modify -- pre-drafted complaints widely available in form books.

CONSOLIDATED OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (COBRA)

A federal law requiring that employers offer employees -- and their spouses and dependents -- continuing insurance coverage if their work hours are cut or they ... (more...)

A federal law requiring that employers offer employees -- and their spouses and dependents -- continuing insurance coverage if their work hours are cut or they lose their job for any reason other than gross misconduct. Courts are still in the process of determining the meaning of gross misconduct, but it's clearly more serious than poor performance or judgment. COBRA also makes an ex-spouse and children eligible to receive group rate health insurance provided by the other ex-spouse's employer for three years following a divorce.

PETITIONER

A person who initiates a lawsuit. A synonym for plaintiff, used almost universally in some states and in others for certain types of lawsuits, most commonly div... (more...)

A person who initiates a lawsuit. A synonym for plaintiff, used almost universally in some states and in others for certain types of lawsuits, most commonly divorce and other family law cases.

DISSOLUTION

A term used instead of divorce in some states.

FOREIGN DIVORCE

A divorce obtained in a different state or country from the place where one spouse resides at the time of the divorce. As a general rule, foreign divorces are r... (more...)

A divorce obtained in a different state or country from the place where one spouse resides at the time of the divorce. As a general rule, foreign divorces are recognized as valid if the spouse requesting the divorce became a resident of the state or country granting the divorce, and if both parties consented to the jurisdiction of the foreign court. A foreign divorce obtained by one person without the consent of the other is normally not valid, unless the nonconsenting spouse later acts as if the foreign divorce were valid, for example, by remarrying.

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Ashton Leeann Bias

Charles R. Hamilton

Cynthia J. Jarrell

Denise Lynn Avampato

Gregory E. Elliott

James Alexander Meade

Jerry D. Alford

John B. Carrico

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Jonathan Robert Seabolt

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