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“Betty helped me and
my family through
a very emotional
divorce, I would highly
recommend her!”
Mary, from Bethel Park.
Let Bethel Park’s Attorney Betty Dillon
Help You Navigate Your Legal Terrain
F
or more than 30 years, attorney Betty Dillon has been helping her
clients with their changing life situations ranging from premarital
agreements to divorce to step-parent adoption to wills, estates
administration, and real estate.
The majority of her work is evenly split between family law cases
and wills and estate planning and administration.
“My clients come to me because I give them personalized service
during their difficult times,” Dillon said. “I focus on their needs and
do my best to help them through the process, educating them as
we go. You can’t just see a client as a divorce case – you need to be
concerned about his/her entire family, especially the children and
their welfare.”
Dillon said people going through a divorce are often overwhelmed
with the process because it includes not only dissolving a marriage,
but creating issues of child support, spousal support, custody and
special arrangements for other children’s issues that may arise.
“Not everyone gets divorced,” she said. “I’ve had cases where
people have been separated for years, and, in those cases, you still
have to create an arrangement that benefits the children of that
relationship.”
On the wills and estate planning front, Dillon helps her clients
create wills and powers of attorney for finances and health care, and
addresses Medicaid issues.
Because of the nature of her work, as necessary Dillon will make
in-home and in-hospital visits for her clients.
“There can be a lot of complications in dealing with estate planning
issues,” she said. “In this age of the Internet, a lot of places advertise
that you can just buy legal documents online, but that’s pennywise
and pound foolish. Sometimes not all the questions an attorney
will ask you are in there. You really need to sit down with people
and figure out what their needs are. If you have a family with young
children, what happens if the entire family is killed in a disaster? That’s
not likely, but a comprehensive will can address that.”
Dillon also said that online services aren’t as thorough and
complete as a live attorney sitting across the desk from you.
“It could be something as simple as not signing the documents
properly and all of a sudden, you’ve invalidated your will,” she said.
“I work very hard for my clients. There’s no harm in shopping around
for prices with attorneys, but my clients have found that my fees
are more than reasonable. Most of my clients don’t have thousands
of dollars sitting around in the cookie jar to shell out for legal fees,
and I’m very cognizant of that. And I try to make it as convenient as
possible for them to get the help they need. I’m always gratified when
clients realize the effort that goes into resolving their issues and take
the time to voice their appreciation.”
Dillon’s office is located at 1725 Washington Road, Suite 503, in
Bethel Park, which is about as convenient as it gets in the South Hills.
The site has plenty of free parking, so you won’t be driving around the
block looking for spaces.
Dillon also is an active member of the community she serves.
She and her husband have been
residents of Bethel Park since 1974.
Both her daughter, who also is an
attorney in Fredericksburg, VA, and
her son are graduates of the Bethel
Park School District. She has been a
longtime member of John McMillan
Presbyterian Church and serves as
the church’s corporate counsel.
For more information,
call 412.835.0933 or go to
www.dillonlawoffice.com online.
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