Website design for family law firms
Someone looking for a family lawyer is often frightened, sometimes reading in secret, and wants three answers: do you handle my situation, will you be kind about it, and how can I reach you safely. We design and write a calm site around those answers. Most family law firms choose the Pro launch, a single $999 fee you pay after reading and approving a free first draft.
We usually recommend the Pro launch: up to 15 pages, $999 once.
Divorce, custody, support and adoption explained gently, a quick exit, and a consultation request that asks how it's safe to reach someone.
Divorce, contested and uncontested, child custody and parenting plans, child and spousal support, adoption, and changes to an existing order each get their own page: who it's for, what usually happens first, and what to gather. A parent searching how custody works lands on the page that answers it.
Warm, plain sentences, no war metaphors, and no word about how a case will end. We describe what a first meeting covers and the paths your firm offers, such as mediation, collaborative divorce or court, so readers see they have choices before they call.
A quick-exit button that leaves the site at once, a short note on private browsing, and a consultation request that asks how and when it's safe to call, text or email. For anyone in danger, the crisis line your firm wants listed sits where it's easy to find.
Contact details, the kind of matter and the other party's name if your conflict check needs it, with a clear note not to describe the situation yet and that sending it doesn't make the firm their lawyer. Or the button opens your Clio Grow or Lawmatics intake form instead.
Whether the first consultation is free or paid, how a retainer works, and any flat fee you offer for an uncontested divorce or an adoption, exactly as you state them. Many people won't ask about cost on the phone, so the page answers it for them.
Each attorney's photo, bar admissions, the work they do and the languages they speak. If someone holds a family law certification, the body that granted it is named beside the title, as ABA Model Rule 7.2(c) asks; without one, the site claims no certification and avoids the word "specialist" wherever your state restricts it.
Sample sites for made-up businesses, designed to show what we do: open one on your phone and try it. On your site, booking and payment buttons open the tools you already use.
Divorce, custody, support and adoption are separate searches from people in very different moments, so each needs its own page, alongside where to start, your attorneys, your fees and the consultation. That's the Pro launch: up to 15 pages for $999, paid once when you launch.
Consultation scheduling, intake questionnaires, retainer invoices and client files stay in the practice tools your firm already runs, and each button opens the right one. Sensitive details belong in those systems, so the website collects none of them, and new software later is a new link.
"We win custody", "keep the house" or a list of settlement figures promises what no lawyer controls, and can break your state's advertising rules. We describe what your firm does and how it works, and you approve every word.
"Aggressive", "bulldog" and "we fight for you" frighten many readers who hope to settle quietly, especially parents. If trial work is your strength, we say so in factual terms instead.
A big open message box invites someone to describe abuse, affairs or money to a firm that hasn't run a conflict check, possibly the one their spouse already called. A short request with a clear note keeps the details for the consultation.
Without a quick exit or a safe-contact question, someone reading on a shared laptop or phone takes a real risk. Both take a few lines of design, and every family law site we make has them.
Three steps, and most of the work is ours.
The short form, or a chat with the team. Send photos, your logo, your menu: whatever you have.
Screenshots for computer and phone and a private preview link (2 to 3 business days with priority, overnight with rush). Ask for changes in plain words until it's right.
Pay the fixed launch fee only when you're happy. With the care plan, we put the site live on your domain and look after it; without it, we hand you the files to host yourself.
One fee, paid once when you launch, from $499. Choose by how many pages your site needs, or ask for a custom quote.
A shop, café, trade or practice that needs the essentials done really well.
$499
one time, paid when you launch
Start your siteRecommended
A growing business with more services, more locations or more to say.
$999
one time, paid when you launch
Start your siteEverything in Website, plus:
A larger firm, a group or a launch that has to be exactly right.
$2,000
one time, paid when you launch
Start your siteEverything in Pro, plus:
Bigger sites, several locations or brands, or special features.
Let's talk
a fixed quote from our team
Get a custom quoteEverything in Signature, plus:
See your site before you pay anything. No card needed to start.
No hourly rates and no surprise invoices: anything extra is on our price list and agreed first.
Once it's paid for, the site and its files are yours, and a domain we register is in your name. Let us host it, or take it anywhere.
Most family law firms choose the Pro launch: $999 once for up to 15 pages, enough for divorce, custody, support and adoption pages, paid only after you've approved a free first draft. A smaller site starts at $499. The care plan, $49 a month, is optional and covers hosting, your domain, 4 small edits a month and support. See every price.
It's a button at the top of every page that leaves the site at once and opens a neutral page, and on many sites pressing Escape twice does the same. Anyone reading about divorce or custody on a shared device may need it, so we add it to every family law site and a short note that browser history still needs clearing.
Yes. We write the words for every page, on every launch. We start from a short call or your notes, explain each process in general, plain terms, describe how it usually goes in your state only as you tell us, and add a not-legal-advice line. You approve every page before it goes live.
Only as far as your state's rules allow, and family matters rarely suit it: every family is different, and a past outcome can read as a promise. If you want them, we add the results and reviews your firm approves with the disclaimer you give us; a link to your Google reviews is often enough.
Yes, through the tools you already use: the consultation button opens your Calendly or Clio Grow booking page, and a payment button opens your LawPay page for retainers and invoices. The website itself never takes a payment or keeps case details.
Separate pages for custody, divorce and support, titles that name your city, and a complete Google Business Profile all help, but nobody can promise a place in search results. For ongoing work on search and on chat-style answers, add SEO & AEO care to the care plan.
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Tell us about your business and we'll do the rest. Questions first? Email hello@ciderwebsites.com.
You pay only when you launch.
