Tobi Leanna Schneider began practicing as an attorney in 1977. She opened her own law practice at its current location on Silver Street in Waterville in 1982. She operates a general civil practice of law that focuses on all aspects of the family - Adoptions, Child Support, Parental Rights, Parent Child Contact, Divorce, all Post-Divorce Matters, Grandparents' Rights, and Guardian Ad Litem. She works closely with each client to give them the individual service and attention they should expect and deserve. She cares about her clients and is responsive to their problems and needs.

Tobi Schneider is the past Chairperson of the Family Law Section of the Maine State Bar Association and the past vice chair of that section for 1998-1999. She was the Maine reporter on family law in Maine for the Family Law Quarterly Publication for 1997 and 1998. Tobi Schneider is a current member of the Advisory Committee on the Code of Professional Responsibility. Tobi Schneider is a past president of the Waterville Bar Association and a member of the Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine State and American Bar Associations. She is also a Fellow of the Maine Bar Foundation.

Tobi is currently serving as the President of Hardy Girls, Healthy Women, a nonprofit based in Waterville. Our organization works with girls and women who work with girls to make girls critical thinkers and help them to change the environment in which they live. She is a past President of the General Advisory Council at KVCC and currently is a Trustee of the KVCC Foundation. She serves on the Board of Directors of MaineGeneral Hospital and is a past Board member of Hospice Volunteers of Waterville area and is a former member of the State Board of Directors of the League of Women Voters of Maine. Tobi Schneider is a past president of the Greater Waterville Area YMCA and past second vice president of the Maine Youth Alliance, (a collaboration of the YMCA and Boys/Girls Club to build the 9 million dollar Harold and Bibby Alfond Youth Recreation Facility, serving the youth and families of the Greater Waterville Area). She is also a past president of the Waterville Contemporary Club, a branch of the Waterville Women's Club; a member of the American Association of the University Women; and Hadassah. She was awarded the Waterville Area YMCA Red Triangle Award in 1997, admitted to the Inspirational Hall of Fame at the Boys and Girls Club and YMCA at the Alfond Youth Center in May of 2004, and named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation in 2006. Tobi Schneider currently resides in Waterville.

Areas of Practice

Divorce & Family Law — These cases cause a great deal of emotional turmoil. We are there to take care of our clients from start to finish. We will inform the client as to their rights and work diligently to achieve what the client desires. We have several handouts for the client to help them get through the trauma of divorce and custody issues. We have a lending library for clients who need additional support. Attorney Schneider is the past president and current member of the Family Law Section.

Parenting Coordinator — A Parenting Coordinator is a neutral third party appointed by the Court to oversee and resolve disputes that arise between parents in interpreting and implementing the parenting plan that is set forth in the Court's Order (a divorce judgment, postdivorce judgment or parental rights and responsibilities judgment). The parening Coordinator must as of July 1, 2009 be listed in the roster of guardian ad litem maintained by the Chief Judge of the Maine District Court or who holds one or more of the licenses listed in the rules and is listed on the roster after July 1, 2009 after completing the requirements set forth in the rules.

A Parenting Plan means a plan defining areas of Parental rights and responsibilities within the scope of a parenting coordinator's authority included in an order of the court.

A Court may appoint a Parenting Coordinator on the motion of one of the parties or on the Court's own motion with or without consent of the parties in a case in which:

1. The parents have demonstrated a pattern of persistent inability or unwillingness to:
1. Make parenting decisions on their own;
2. Comply with parenting agreements and orders;
3. Reduce their child-related conflicts; or
4. Protect their child from the effects of those conflicts; and
2. The appointment of the Parenting Coordinator is in the best interest of the child.

Our office also handles other family law areas such as Determining Paternity and Parental Rights and Responsibilities, Protection from Abuse matters, Child Custody matters, Child Support and Post Divorce matters, such as Motion for Contempt and/or Motion to Enforce. We work expeditiously for our clients. Our clients come first.

Attorney Schneider has acted in the capacity of Guardian ad Litem in divorce, post divorce and parental rights cases and has received the State of Maine training as a GAL to be named on the court rosters.

Personal Injury — Why settle for less than what you deserve? We will walk you through the process, letting you heal from your accident while we handle your bills, and take care of the insurance company for you. There is no charge for the first office conference. We handle these cases on a contingent fee basis. We do not get paid unless you get paid.

Adoption — Our office handles Adoption matters. We work closely with the birth parents or the adopting parents, giving legal information as well as diligently completing all paper work needed for adoptions.

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LAW OFFICE OF TOBI LEANNA SCHNEIDER
49 Silver Street, Waterville, Maine 04901
Telephone: (207) 873-7755
Fax: (207) 877-9776
schneid@roadrunner.com

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