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Charlotte L. Allen
specializes in the practice of family law and estate
planning, including appeals. Ms. Allen has completed the Probate and Estate
Planning Certificate Program through the Institute for Continuing Legal
Education. She is a member of the Family Law Section Council of the State Bar of
Michigan and is a member of the Children's Law Council, the Probate and Estate
Planning Section, the Appellate Practice Section and the State Bar Special
Committee on Domestic Violence. Ms. Allen has served as Chair of the Children’s
Law Section, as well as Secretary and Treasurer of the Family Law Section. She
is a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation.
Ms. Allen
has authored a number of brief amici for the Family Law and Children's Law
Sections, including Staple v Staple and In re AMB. Ms. Allen is also a member of
the American Bar Association Family Law and Law Practice Management Sections and
the Northeast Michigan Estate Planning Council. She chairs the Family Law
Section's Domestic Violence Committee and has served as treasurer of the
Mid-Michigan Children's Law Council. Ms. Allen serves on a number of community
boards, including the Salvation Army Advisory Board, and serves on one of United
Way’s program allocation committees and volunteers for the “Ask the Lawyer”
program. She is a past president of the Midland County Bar Association and was a
founding member of the Midland Alliance for Justice, a pro bono organization
providing representation for low-income county residents in domestic relations
and landlord-tenant cases. Ms. Allen has published articles in the "Michigan Bar
Journal," the "Michigan Family Law Journal," and the "University of Michigan
Children's Law Journal." She served as an editor of the Michigan Judicial
Institute's "Domestic Violence Benchbook," has taught continuing legal education
seminars for a number of organizations around the state, including the Institute
for Continuing Legal Education, and has contributed a chapter on Friend of the
Court for "Michigan Family Law" (ICLE 6th ed 2004).
Ms. Allen firmly believes in alternative dispute resolution as a
means for families to resolve their important family issues without unnecessary
resort to litigation. These methods include mediation.
You can contact Charlotte Allen by telephone at (989) 832-8096 or by email:
attorneyallen@att.net
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