Van Pelt & Van Pelt, P.C. is a law firm dedicated to serving clients in the areas of Dissolution of Marriage, Adoption (independent, agency, interstate, and international), legal separations, modification of prior judgments, paternity actions, personal injury cases, and appeals of cases.
We represent clients, large and small, in the pursuit of justice. Our primary objective is the service of our clients.
The firm consists of two attorneys representing over 54 years of cumulative experience. Richard Van Pelt is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. He has been listed in the Best Lawyers of America in each edition since 2001, for Family Law. Kay Van Pelt is a Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
The law firm of Van Pelt and Van Pelt, P.C. has been been given the highest national ranking of Tier 1 in the inagural 2010 issue of U.S. News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" for Family Law.
Richard Van Pelt and Kay A. Van Pelt were named "Super Lawyers 2009" by Missouri and Kansas Super Lawyers, an annual publication of Law and Politics Magazine.
Richard Van Pelt Listed in the Best Lawyers in America 2010, for Family Law. Best Lawyers, is a well-respected peer-review publication in the legal profession (Formerly Known as The Best Lawyers in America) and has been in publication for more than a quarter of a century. Best Lawyers compiles it's list of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.