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  Chistenson Law Office, PC is a full service law firm with an emphasis on estate planning, business formation and civil litigation including cases involving alienation of affection in South Dakota.

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  As common law, alienation of affection is a tort action brought by a deserted spouse against a third party alleged to be responsible for the failure of the marriage. South Dakota is one of the few states that protects the marriage relationship from intentional, outside interference.

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  Estate planning is a process. It involves people - your family, other individuals and, in many cases, charitable organizations of your choice. You can count on Christenson Law Office's extensive experience and knowledge of Estate Planning to help guide and counsel you through the process.

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  Christenson Law Office, PC, serves the business planning needs of approximately 100 small businesses in South Dakota. Corporations and limited liability companies are the most frequently created companies, both serving a very useful purpose in today’s business environment.

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  Christenson Law Office, PC handles civil litigation involving personal injury, domestic and commercial issues. Contact Christenson Law Office today and let their knowledge, expertise and personal attention make things right for you.

• OVERVIEW
• ESTATE PLANNING
• BUSINESS FORMATION
• CIVIL LITIGATION

CIVIL LITIGATION

Christenson Law Office, PC handles civil litigation involving personal injury, domestic and commercial issues.

Civil law, as opposed to criminal law, is the branch of law dealing with disputes between individuals and/or organizations in which compensation may be awarded to the victim. For instance, if a car crash victim claims damages against the driver for loss or injury sustained in an accident, this will be a civil law case.

The objectives of civil law are different from other types of law. In civil law there is the attempt to right a wrong, honor an agreement, or settle a dispute. If there is a victim, they get compensation, and the person who is the cause of the wrong pays, this being a civilized form of, or legal alternative to, revenge. If it is an equity matter, there is often a pie for division and it gets allocated by a process of civil law, possibly invoking the doctrines of equity. In public law the objective is usually deterrence, and retribution.

Christenson Law Office also handles litigation involving ‘alienation of affection.’ Alienation of affection is a cause of action that seek a remedy for the loss of affection from one spouse to an interfering third party. It is not uncommon to see a marriage end because of the interfering third party. Only a few states honor the alienation of affections cause of action. Mr. Christenson was the lead counsel in the case Jones v. Swanson, 341 F.3rd 723 (8th Cir.2003), wherein a jury awarded the largest verdict ever awarded n the State of south Dakota for a alienation of affection claim.

Contact Christenson Law Office today and let their knowledge, expertise and personal attention make things right for you.