Practice Areas
Practice Areas
Claire Menuet assists and accompanies you in divorce proceedings and other family law issues, as well as before juvenile court judges, in educational assistance cases, and before criminal courts as victims or defendants, or in personal injury claims.
Family Law
- Separation of unmarried partners
- Parental authority / children’s residence / visitation and custody rights / child support
- Division of jointly owned property
- Annulment of marriage
- Domestic violence
- Filiation / paternity disputes
- Adoption
- Protection of vulnerable adults (guardianship, curatorship)
- Grandparents’ visitation rights
- Change of first name / surname
Educational assistance
Assistance before the Juvenile Court, which is called upon when a minor is at risk. Depending on the situation, the judge may order protective measures ranging from allowing the child to remain in the family home with court-supervised educational support, to placing the child in alternative care in the most serious cases.
Criminal law
- Assistance to the defendant or civil party
- Assistance during police custody or voluntary questioning
- Assistance during criminal or misdemeanor investigations
- Assistance before trial courts (Police Court, Criminal Court, Court of Assizes)
- Assistance after sentencing before the Sentence Enforcement Judge
Personal injury claims
- Assistance before the CIVI/SARVI (Victims Compensation Commissions)