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The firm is well recognized as one of the best Family Law firms in the Upper Willamette Valley. Each of the attorneys in the firm has experience at the trial court and appeals court level.
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
The American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers ("AAML") is a national not-for-profit association comprised of a select group of Matrimonial attorneys from forty-nine (49) states and the District of Columbia. William C. Crothers, Jr. is one of only six (6) lawyers in Salem and twenty-one (21) in Oregon who have been invited to join the AAML.

Reported cases
Below is a list of domestic relations cases in which a firm member has made an appearance in the Oregon Court of Appeals & the Oregon Supreme Court:
Lundgren and Lundgren 31 Or App 9671, 572 P.2d 325(1977)
Warner and Warner 30 Or App 0755, 593 P.2d 1236(1979)
Pierson and Pierson 294 Or App 0117, 653 P.2d 1258(1982)
Fisher and Fisher 69 Or App 0461, 685 P.2d 494(1984)
Clinton and Clinton 73 Or App 0207, 697 P.2d 1007(1985)
Halder and Halder 82 Or App 0548, 728 P.2d 583(1986)
Griggs and Griggs 113 Or App 0178, 831 P.2d 79(1992)
Sheehan and Sheehan 123 Or App 0449, 860 P.2d 635(1993)
Hadden and Hadden 127 Or App 0483, 873 P.2d 394(1994)
Cookson and Cookson 134 Or App 0357, 895 P.2d 345(1995)

In 1999 The Supreme Court reviewed only two family law cases both of which the firm handled at trial and in which the firms client's prevailed.

Denton and Denton
Massee and Massee

Child Support Software
Mr. Crothers contracted with the Oregon State Bar in the early 1990’s to write computer software which calculates child support. He continues to sell this software to attorneys in Oregon and it remains the computer standard for child support calculations in Oregon. In addition, the software also provides for pension computations and contains a database of most reported Oregon cases which discuss spousal support. Click
here to view software.

Areas of Expertise:
bulletComplex property matters
bulletDivorce
bulletDomestic Partnerships
bulletAdoption
bulletChild Support
bulletGrandparent Visitation
bulletModification of Existing Orders
bulletName Change
bulletPrenuptial Agreements
bulletCustody
bulletVisitation
bulletPaternity

Click here to view relative Oregon Administrative Rules regarding the above areas of family law.

Click here to view the Checklist for Creating Parenting Plans that Reduce Conflict, as provided by the Marion County Family Advisory Committee.

 
 

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