Dalma approaches each client as unique and views the attorney-client relationship as a partnership.

Dalma has dedicated most of her career to family law and has developed a unique niche in military divorce. This includes extensive experience in military, international and interstate divorce, custody, litigation and appeals, and governmental regulations including:

• The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)

• The Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act

• The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)

• Military and VA Disability Benefits and Retirement Plans

• Federal Employees and Civil Service Retirement Systems (FERS) (CSRS)

• State Teachers and Public Employees Retirement Systems (STRS) (PERS)

• Thrift Savings Plan

• Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (OP&F)

• Private Pensions and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

• The Hague Convention on Service Abroad and Child Abduction

Trained in collaborative divorce techniques, Dalma negotiates or mediates divorces/dissolutions, high-conflict, high-asset divorces, and matters arising out of support, custody, grandparent rights, visitation, domestic violence, and child abduction.  

From the traditional nuclear family to LGBTQ families, co-habitating couples, and unmarried individuals, Dalma represents all structures of family. She also assists those seeking to establish parentage through the juvenile court system, as well as those seeking to adopt or oppose the adoption of a child. This experience allows Dalma to also provide counsel in related areas such as estate planning, probate, will contests, powers of attorney, guardianships, immigration, and fiance’ visas and the I-864 affidavit.

Serving as law director to the City of Riverside and, formerly to Oakwood, Dalma completely understands municipal law. She has advised city officials on legal issues, drafted legislation, oversaw the function of city prosecutors, and has handled the complexities faced by municipalities involving land use and zoning, real estate and transactional matters, as well as employment.