When you need a lawyer to handle your divorce, child custody matter, support or custody modification, complex property division issue or other legal issue pertaining to your family, Board Certified family lawyer Sonya Coffman stands ready–wherever and whenever you need assistance.
Based in Beaumont, Texas–in the heart of the Golden Triangle–Sonya Coffman's law practice is devoted entirely to family law. Availability and personal attention are important. Absolute confidentiality is an integral part of our law practice.
As a Certified Public Accountant and former stockbroker, Sonya Coffman has the training, expertise and experience to deal squarely with complex financial issues and high net worth situations, such as locating and valuing assets acquired during the marriage.
As an experienced attorney, Sonya Coffman will work hard to resolve your family matters as quickly and efficiently as possible.
As an experienced trial lawyer, Sonya Coffman stands ready, willing and able to try your case at the courthouse if need be.
Sonya Coffman represents individuals and families throughout Texas, the United States and internationally in a wide range of family law matters, including:
- Divorce. Domestic, international, contested, uncontested and high net worth divorces. Modification of final divorce decrees.
- Child custody and Visitation. Joint managing conservatorships, sole managing conservatorships, modifications, both domestic and international.
- Interference with the Custody of a Child. Taking or keeping a child younger than 18 years of age in violation of a judgment or court establishing custody, including civil and criminal implications.
- Parental Alienation. When one parent's actions cause a child to express hatred or a strong dislike of the other parent making that parent's access to the child difficult or impossible, whether justified or unjustified.
- Geographic restriction. Imposing, modifying and/or lifting a geographic restriction on the primary residence of the children in a divorce
- Child Support and Medical Support. Securing child support, enforcing or modifying existing child support orders.
- Modification of custody, visitation and support. Modifications based on changed circumstances in the child's best interest.
- Property division. Including straightforward property divisions, complex property divisions, tracing assets, locating hidden assets and valuing closely–held and/or family–owned businesses, farms, ranches, professional practices and trusts.
- Other marital claims. Assault, false imprisonment, fraud, fraudulent transfers, theft, defamation and other legal claims arising in marital situations.
- Mistaken paternity (paternity fraud). A new Texas law provides a window of opportunity to challenge mistaken paternity in certain cases.
- Premarital and postmarital agreements. Contracts between spouses to address various property issues.
- Adoption. Domestic, international, open, closed, agency, private.
- Guardianships. Guardianship of the person, guardianship of the estate and guardianship alternatives.
- Non-Parent Relative Authorization Agreements. Delegation of certain rights to a child's grandparent, adult sibling or adult aunt or uncle.
- Grandparents' rights. Custody and visitation.
- Appeals. Mandamus, motions for new trial, appeals.
Trust Sonya Coffman to handle your case with preparation and courage because...family matters.
Sonya B. Coffman
First City Building
505 Orleans St., Suite 505
Beaumont, Texas 77701
Telephone: (409) 833-7700
Fax: (866) 835-8250
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Sonya Coffman represents clients from all over the world and throughout Texas, including Houston, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, Liberty, Winnie, Anahuac, Jefferson County, Orange County, Hardin County, Liberty County and Chambers County.