Focus Areas

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As an adoptee herself, Carrie has a special place in her heart for adoption. She can assist you in navigating what is often a long, complicated, and emotional process. She handles the legal aspects of all types of adoption, including open adoption, closed adoption, stepparent or other family adoption, and adult adoption. (We do not provide child placement services.) If you are an adult adoptee, Carrie can also help you navigate the process of finding out information about your birth family.

Whether you are looking to establish a new business or have been in business for years, Cloud Legal, LLC offers a variety of services to assist you. Some of these services are helping you choose the appropriate business structure (e.g., corporation, LLC, partnership), creating the organizational documents you need, drafting or reviewing proposed contracts, and advising regarding employment-related issues.

Cloud Legal, LLC is available to assist with a wide range of issues related to children, including:

• Guardian ad Litem (GAL) services
• Guardianships
• Grandparent visitation

NOTE: We do not handle contested child custody/visitation issues or child support.

While no one wants to think about dying, it is something that will happen to us all. A well-implemented estate plan can provide your loved ones with some peace of mind after you are gone. Cloud Legal, LLC offers a full range of estate planning services, such as wills, trusts, powers of attorney, appointments of health care representatives, living wills, transfer on death deeds, and appointment of standby guardians for minor children.

Everyone makes mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes result in an arrest or even a conviction. If your arrest never resulted in a conviction or if you were convicted of a crime but have completed your sentence and stayed out of trouble long enough, you may be eligible to have your previous arrests/convictions erased from your record. Cloud Legal, LLC can assist you in determining if you are eligible for an expungement and guide you through the process if you qualify. 

Legal disputes can be expensive, time-consuming, and emotionally stressful. Mediation is a process that uses a trained person (called a mediator) to assist other people in coming to their own agreements about how to resolve their conflict or dispute. Mediation is generally faster and less expensive than resolving issues through court and also allows for creative resolutions as it is the parties, not a judge or even the mediator, who ultimately come up with the agreement.  Carrie is a trained mediator registered with the state of Indiana for both domestic relations and non-domestic relations civil issues.

There are many instances in which a person might want to change their name. Perhaps a woman kept her married name when she got divorced because she had young children but now they are grown and she wants her maiden name back. Or maybe a child was given his/her mother's last name but now the parents would like to change it to the father's. A person might also want to change their name as part of a gender marker change. If you are interested in changing your name, your child's last name, or even your gender marker, Cloud Legal, LLC can help.

Good financial planning requires that you make smart decisions about your finances. For some couples, this means reaching a financial agreement about your assets, debts, and other marital obligations in the event of divorce or even death. These agreements can be made either before the marriage (prenuptial agreement) or after (postnuptial agreement). If you are interested in such an agreement, Cloud Legal, LLC can help.

Being without a valid driver’s license drastically affects your life and inhibits your ability to perform even the most basic tasks. If your Indiana driver's license is currently under suspension either by the BMV or by an Indiana Court, you may be eligible to receive specialized driving privileges (previously known as a hardship license) that will allow you to drive under certain restrictions, like back and forth to work or school, during specified hours, or with an ignition lock device. Cloud Legal, LLC can help you determine if you are eligible to request such privileges and assist you in pursing them.