Eggert & Heslinga

I established my firm in August 2007. It started at a makeshift desk in my garage, where all I had was my cell phone, an old laptop computer, and a basic laser printer. The firm has grown under my guidance to now have two attorneys in partnership, and one staff member, in a 2,300 square-foot office in Keizer. In April 2009 we added a second office location in Independence, to better serve our growing Polk County client base. We will soon be adding one or more associate attorneys, and expanding our practice to include bankruptcy and immigration.

My firm devotes most of its resources to family law cases of nearly all types. We daily handle divorces, custody between unmarried parents, establishment of paternity, step-parent adoptions, and modification of existing court orders. The rest of our practice is divided between juvenile law (both delinquency and dependency ("DHS" and "Child Welfare"), and criminal defense.

A young father came to me for help, as his estranged wife had filed for divorce and cut off his access to the children. My client's wife accused him of unspeakable acts of abuse against her, and withheld the children from him for several months. We were able to use the court's processes, including a custody evaluator, to get this young father back together with his children.

An older gentleman nearing retirement needed help getting his spousal support payments to his ex-wife reduced. He was nearing retirement, and his employer was cutting back his hours. Meanwhile, his ex-wife enjoyed more hours at her work, was making more money than the court anticipated when they divorced eight years before, and her outlook for the future looked much brighter than his. We succeeded in persuading the ex-wife to agree to terminate spousal support two years early for less than fifty cents on the dollar.