Attorneys at Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. will advise you of the law as it pertains to your case, review and analyze your property to determine what must be divided in a divorce, make recommendations about child custody and visitation if children are involved, creating a schedule to allow the parties to co-parent in the future, and calculate spousal support and child support.
Child Custody and Visitation
Adoption
From birth, adoption of a child in a dependency-neglect or maltreatment action, stepparent adoption, or single-parent adoption. Choosing to adopt is an important decision in your life, and Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. ensures that the proper steps are taken for a smooth transition.
Paternity
Paternity actions allow fathers to be legally determined as such. Such legal determination grants parental rights and establishes obligations of the father. Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. will pursue paternity actions to allow a father to establish his parental rights, create a custody arrangement and visitation schedule that is in the best interests of the child/children, and determine a method and amount of financial support for the child/children.
Premarital Agreement
When entering into a marriage, you should not be preoccupied with your partner’s motives or burdened with the concern of what happens to assets if the marriage ends in divorce. Prior to marriage, or shortly thereafter, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements allow couples to protect assets and determine the terms under which those assets will be distributed in the event of separation, divorce, or death. Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. will prepare agreements to ensure that your concerns are met, and your assets are protected and divided in a way that meets your needs and goals for the future, whatever those may be.
Guardianship
Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. also handles guardianships. Guardianships allow you to plan for the future when you may be unable to care for a loved one. Alternatively, guardianships allow you to care for loved ones when they may be unable to care for themselves.
Attorneys at Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. are willing and able to help with all business organizational needs you may have. These attorneys have extensive experience in the areas of preparation and review of business organizational documents for various forms of business entities, including governance and owner, member or shareholder agreements, and preparation and review of agreements related to the sale of stock or other ownership units or underlying assets.
Mergers and Acquisitions
The Firm currently has a multitude of seasoned attorneys and has recently added Gary B. Rogers, with almost 40 years legal experience, as a partner. Additionally, the Firm maintains legal assistants and law clerks as part of its staff. The Firm offers a full range of services and specialties, with the greatest concentration in the areas of commercial and general litigation, family law, labor relations and employment, creditor relations and collection law, municipal law, insurance defense, real estate, taxation, bankruptcy, corporate transactions, administrative, estate planning, mediation, mergers and acquisitions and banking. The Firm’s demonstrated abilities in these various areas of practice have attracted a broad, diversified and impressive client base.
Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. is well-equipped to handle your needs related to real estate and property issues. Attorneys at Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. who practice real estate and property law have represented their clients in a variety of real estate transactions, including, but not limited to, purchase and sale of real estate, the financing of real estate purchases, negotiation with title companies regarding the terms of title policies, drafting and negotiation of easements, restrictive covenants, rights of first refusal, leases, and bills of assurance. Attorneys at Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. are also well-versed and can represent their clients in disputes and litigation regarding real property, including boundary disputes, breaches of real estate contracts, title insurance claims, eminent domain proceedings, and foreclosure proceedings.
Construction Litigation
The Firm provides services to owners, contractors, developers, design professions, and engineers in connection with the construction industry. Those services include both complex and simple contract negotiations, general construction law-related advice, consultation regarding avoidance and enforcement of potential claims, including the filing and removal of liens, and representation in construction-related litigation.
An experienced team of attorneys at Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. concentrates on both simple and complex general, commercial, construction, municipal, labor, and employment, insurance-related, personal injury, administrative, and bankruptcy litigation. The Firm is and has always been, committed to excellence in the courtroom, and the success achieved by the Firm on behalf of its clients evidences this commitment. The Firm has represented numerous clients in multi-million-dollar litigation, including banking institutions, large and small business entities, nonprofit entities, and individuals.
Our Tax Group provides estate planning advice and other services, which include careful planning for the management and disposition of assets to meet the client’s objectives while minimizing taxes, family disagreements and lawsuits.
Wills
Hilburn & Harper, Ltd. can create an enforceable and detailed document setting out your specific wishes upon your death. Creating a Last Will and Testament allows you to determine who will inherit from you, what each person will inherit, and who will manage and direct those distributions. A Will is also the only way to nominate and appoint a Guardian for your minor child without having to petition a court.
Trusts
Depending on your specific goals, you may find a Revocable Trust, sometimes called a Living Trust, may be appropriate. A Revocable Trust is one in which the terms can be changed at any time. The main benefit of a Revocable Trust is the protection that it provides by ensuring that your wishes are implemented if you should become incapacitated.
Power of Attorney
In addition to being highly skilled in the drafting of instruments such as revocable trusts, wills, durable general powers of attorney and other estate planning documents, our Tax Group attorneys have experience and expertise in all aspects of probate practice, guardianships, preparation of federal and state estate tax returns, and assistance in handling postmortem matters such as income tax issues, disclaimers of estate and non-estate assets, special use valuations of farms and closely-held businesses, and other related matters.
The Firm has extensive experience in representing creditors in all types of business and personal bankruptcy filings (Chapters 7, 11, 12 & 13). Our attorneys routinely seek and obtain relief from the automatic stay allowing our creditor clients to obtain and sell their collateral, obtain and file reaffirmation agreements, which allow our client to continue to accept and apply loan payments and preserve personal liability even if the debtor is discharged, and object to and resolve plan confirmation issues ensuring that clients receive the most advantageous treatment in the debtors’ plans.
Foreclosure
Tax Law
We serve clients both in and outside the State of Arkansas with primary emphasis in the areas of litigation, business and commercial law, family law, real estate and tax law.