Louden Katz & McGrath

We believe that every person should have the opportunity for a fulfilling life, and we implement that belief by doing all that we reasonably can to help our clients move toward this objective in the divorce process. Dissolution of a marriage is a major life event. Divorcing couples, individually or together, experience the sorrow and confusion that comes with the end of a once-treasured union.

While vigorous advocates for clients, our lawyers and staff work on retaining civility and dignity for all parties. Our lawyers have experience as litigators, mediators and collaborative lawyers. People ask us how we can deal with marital and family issues at deep levels day in and day out.

We like being lawyers and consider our professional lives as a positive combination of working with and helping people, having intellectual and legal stimulation, advancing the profession, and making a living.We consciously take care of ourselves, believing it best for our families and ourselves.

We serve a broad cross-section of clientele from all walks of life - from hourly employees to CEOs of major corporations, homemakers, doctors, lawyers and people unable to pay legal fees (pro bono). We handle highly complex cases involving finances and children, as well as relatively straightforward matters.

Louden, Katz & McGrath, with 85 years of combined experience, practices family law throughout Connecticut - from premarital agreements to divorce to post-divorce matters. In the context of our divorce work, we deal with such related areas as business, real estate, retirement plans, child development, taxes, estates and trusts, and the emotional impact of divorce.

At Louden, Katz & McGrath, our goal is to help clients be well prepared and familiar with the scope of legal work to be done on his/her behalf. It's important to know that Connecticut is a "no-fault" state. Simply put, this means that, in order to terminate a marriage, it's no longer necessary to prove that one spouse has been at fault for the breakdown of the marriage (for such reasons as "intolerable cruelty" or adultery).