German American Law Center PLC
The German American Law Center PLC with dual licensed attorneys specializes in cross border German and U.S. American Law issues including U.S. Immigration Law, International Surrogacy Law, Michigan Surrogacy Law, German Parentage Law, German Surrogacy Law, German Adoptions, German Probate Law, German Probate Administration, German Estate Distribution, German Inheritance Law, International Wills, German Citizenship Law, US passport applications, U.S. citizenship law, U.S. Business Law, the Recognition and Enforcement Foreign Judgments, legal expert witness services, legal translation services and Online Notary services..
Our law firm is dedicated to assisting our clients and striving to understand their needs. Developing a long- term attorney-client relationship has been a hallmark of our law firm.
We represent local and out-of-state companies, as well as individuals in connection with immigration law and business transactions, with an emphasis on both routine and complex immigration and business law matters.
With respect to Probate and Family Law, we represent Germans as well as U.S. citizens in German probate matters in order to secure assets located in Germany, as well as the U.S.
We also represent clients with regard to German – American Family matters.
We offer special expertise in international law, such as international probate and inheritance law as well as family law matters specifically as it relates to Germany in order to bridge the gap between two legal systems.
Business Law
Another area of law that we focus on is the creation and the management of companies, such as a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or a joint venture.
Family Law
As a law office that focuses on international law, we have special expertise in German family law and U.S. family law including international surrogacy law and Michigan surrogacy law.
International Surrogacy Law and Michigan Surrogacy Law
With respect to international surrogacy law and Michigan Surrogacy law, the German American Law Center offers the following legal services to ensure seamless coordination across borders, compliance with applicable laws, and protection of all parties involved. This includes:
- Surrogacy Contract Drafting & Review
- Egg Donor Contract Drafting & Review
- Agency Contract Drafting & Review
- IVF Clinic Contract Drafting & Review
- Parentage Proceedings in Michigan
- Parentage Proceedings in Germany
- Parentage Proceedings in Austria
- U.S. Citizenship application with passport issuance
- German Citizenship with passport issuance and Austrian Citizenship with passport issuance.
German Parentage Law and German Surrogacy Law
German parentage law (Abstammungsrecht) is the legal framework that determines who is recognized as a child’s legal parent under German law. While it appears straightforward in cases of natural conception and marriage, complexities arise in situations involving unmarried parents, surrogacy, assisted reproduction, and international parentage claims. Understanding the principles of parentage law is essential for securing custody rights, inheritance claims, citizenship, and child support obligations. As dual licensed attorney in the U.S. and Germany, we help you assert and manifest your legal rights a parent or as intended parents in surrogacy cases and adoption cases in the U.S. and in Germany.
Adoptions
Have you considered adopting a child from another country or have you consider a step parent adoption. We have successfully assisted our clients in international adoption cases as well as step parent adoption cases.
We know that people who are facing legal problems in the area of family law need quick and clear answers to their legal questions.
Probate Law
Due to the varying legal systems, we have specialized in probate matters regarding property both in the U.S. and Germany. This includes:
•The assertion of probate claims in the U.S. (U.S. probate), as well as in Germany (German probate),
•The renouncement of property (in the U.S. and in Germany),
•The assertion of legal claims (U.S. and German Probate)
•German estate distributions, and
•The preparation of testaments, particularly Trust Agreements according to U.S. law.
As a law office that focuses on international law, we have special expertise in German probate law, German Estate Distribution, German Probate Administration, German Inheritance Law, International Wills. The German American Law Center PLC helps U.S. clients navigate German probate, inheritance, and estate matters without needing to travel or speak German. Our German and U.S. probate and inheritance attorneys handle the full process, including German wills, probate administration, German assets management, and the application process for German Certificate of Inheritance (Erbschein), ensuring you secure your inheritance with clarity and confidence.
We know that people who are facing legal problems in the area of German probate law, German estate distributions, claiming their compulsory inheritance share, disclaiming the German inheritance need quick and clear answers to their legal questions.
Immigration Law
U.S. immigration law entails the filing of petitions and/or applications in order to obtain legal status in the United States for a temporary stay as well as a stay for a longer period, to study, work, or live in the United States permanently.
We regularly represent companies hiring a foreign national, as well as foreign individuals. We assist these individuals in obtaining work authorization or in establishing permanent residency in the U.S. (green card). We also assist in establishing subsidiary or affiliate companies of a foreign company and management of U.S. or European companies.
Our attorneys have a broad base of experience to meet our clients’ needs in immigration matters involving obtaining a variety of visas including; H-1B status, L-1A or L-1B status, O or R status, E-1 – Treaty Trader visas, or even E-2 status as an investor, B-1/2 visa, student visa, such as F-1 or M visa, permanent residency family or employment based through consular processing or through adjustment of the status process in the United States, waivers i.e. a waiver of the Two Year Home Residency Requirement, labor certification (PERM) and other immigration matters.
Our highly skilled attorneys and staff know immigration law, the consulate procedures, and the procedures at the service centers. This is important to the outcome of your matter. With so much on the line, you deserve attorneys that have experience to obtain the best possible results with regard to your legal matters.