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Carolyn J. Stevens, Attorney at Law
P.O. Box 999
Lolo,
Montana
59847
Phone: 406-273-7301
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ATTORNEY PROFILE
Carolyn J. Stevens (Member), born Houston, Texas, December 22, 1947; admitted to Montana bar 1993.
Education: The University of Montana (BSW with honors 1990); The University of Montana School of Law (J.D., 1993); divorce and parenting mediation training.
Member: State Bar of Montana, Missoula New Lawyers Association (secretary 1994, vice president 1995, president 1996), Western Montana Bar Association (executive board 1996-1999, treasurer 1999-2000, vice president 2001-2002, president 2002-2003), American Bar Association (Family Law Section; General Practice, Solo, and Small Firm Section (GPSolo Editorial Board member 2001 - 2004), Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.
Volunteer Experience: Volunteer attorney with Crime Victim Advocates Office Order of Protection Program; Volunteer attorney with Family Law Advice Clinic; Community Youth Justice Council. Pro Tem Justice of the Peace.
Practice Areas: Family Law -- dissolution of marriage; establishing, modifying, and enforcing parenting plans; establishing, modifying, and enforcing child support, adoption. Guardian ad Litem representing children and advocating for their best interests during their parents’ dissolutions. Mediator and Settlement Master -- helping couples resolve their conflicts outside the courtroom, including property division, all aspects of parenting plans, child support, neighbor disputes.
Just to show that lawyers are human, too:
I became a single parent in my third undergraduate year. I had not held a paying job in more than ten years. My annual income included a Pell Grant (about $2,100), child support, newly acquired student loans, and God bless her, my mother who sent money every month. I was pretty sure I wouldn’t make it. My first attorney was comfortably married and all but patted me on the head and told me not to worry. I worried. My next attorney was a 2nd year law student working in the university’s student services law office, a single parent who immediately “got it” when I talked about my worries. Since graduating law school, I’ve heard a thousand stories. The details might be different but the story is just like mine.
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