Reliable Legal Services You Can Count On
For 40 years, we’ve provided personalized legal services with integrity, guiding individuals and families in the greater San Antonio area through family law, estate planning, and adoption. When you need trusted legal support, James P. Peterson, Attorney at Law, is here to help you move forward with confidence.
Resolve Legal Matters with an Experienced Law Firm in San Antonio, TX
Since 1985, we’ve been a law firm dedicated to providing dependable legal services across family law, estate planning, probate, and adoption. At our core, we believe in honest advice, personalized attention, and guiding clients through life’s most important legal decisions.
This Is What Makes Us Stand Out
Count on us for outstanding results. Our licensed attorney is equipped and eager to meet your needs.
Choose a Law Firm That Prioritizes Your Family and Future
We guide you through every step with clear, compassionate legal support.
The right legal partner makes family adoption easier. As your kinship adoption lawyer and family adoption attorney, we handle every detail with care and focus on your needs. Trust us to simplify the process and protect your best interests.
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Practical Solutions for Estate Planning
Work with an estate attorney who simplifies wills, trusts, and probate while protecting your assets and your family’s future.
Relative Adoption
Secure your family’s future with a family adoption attorney who guides you through every step of the legal process for smooth kinship adoptions.
Private Adoption
Trust a private adoption attorney to handle independent adoptions with personalized legal support, ensuring a clear and secure adoption process.
Stepparent Adoption
Work with a step parent adoption lawyer to simplify the legal process and formalize your parental rights with confidence and care.
International Adoption
An international adoption lawyer ensures compliance with U.S. and foreign laws, guiding you through complex intercountry adoption procedures.
Adult Adoption
An adult adoption lawyer helps you legally formalize lifelong family bonds with clear, efficient handling of consent, inheritance, and court requirements.
Foster Care Adoption
A foster care attorney provides trusted legal guidance to help foster parents navigate adoption requirements and finalize placements smoothly.
Closed Adoption
A closed adoption lawyer protects your privacy while managing every legal detail of confidential adoptions with discretion and professionalism.
Open Adoption
Navigate the open adoption process with legal guidance that ensures clear agreements and fosters healthy relationships between adoptive and birth families.
Interstate Adoption
Handle ICPC requirements confidently with an interstate adoption lawyer who streamlines multi-state legal processes for faster, compliant adoptions.
Same-Sex Couple Adoption
An LGBT adoption lawyer supports same-sex couples through every legal step, ensuring parental rights are protected throughout the adoption process.
Wills
A will attorney provides clear, customized estate planning to ensure your assets are protected and your wishes are legally documented.
Affidavits of Heirship
An inheritance attorney simplifies heirship claims, ensuring rightful heirs are recognized and estate matters are resolved without unnecessary delays.
Powers of Attorney
A POA lawyer drafts tailored power of attorney documents to safeguard your financial, medical, and legal decisions when you need them most.
Probate
A probate lawyer guides families through estate administration, resolving legal complexities and ensuring smooth asset distribution.
Trusts
A trust attorney helps protect your assets and avoid probate with personalized trust planning designed to secure your estate for future generations.
Probate Administration
An estate administration lawyer manages probate processes efficiently, ensuring estates are settled accurately and in full legal compliance.
Will Contest
An estate litigation attorney protects your rights in will contests, inheritance disputes, and probate conflicts with strong legal representation.
Custody, Relocation & Visitation
A custody lawyer secures fair custody, relocation, and visitation agreements that protect your parental rights and prioritize your child’s best interests.
Child Support
A child support lawyer ensures fair support agreements, handles modifications, and enforces payments to protect your child’s financial stability.
Divorce
A divorce lawyer provides clear legal guidance through separation, mediation, and divorce proceedings, protecting your rights and securing fair outcomes.
Contact Us for Legal Help
When legal matters arise, you need a law firm you can rely on. Whether you’re planning your estate, navigating family law, or pursuing adoption, our experience and dedication ensure you get the guidance you deserve. Reach out today and let us handle your legal concerns with care and professionalism. Your future is too important to leave to chance.
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Providing Reliable Legal Services Across San Antonio
Proudly serving clients throughout San Antonio, TX, and nearby areas with dedicated legal support.
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