Practice Areas - Family Law
- Mediation
- Divorce
- Custody
- Parenting Time
- Child Support
- Education Orders
- Alimony
- Property Division
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- Grandparent Visitation Rights
- Adoptions
- Post-Decree Enforcement and Modifications
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
- Domestic Partnership Agreements and Disputes
- Protective Orders
- Restraining Orders
- Guardianships and Family Law Appeals
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| University | University of Southern Indiana, B.A., 1998 |
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| Law School | Indiana University, J.D., 2001 |
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| Admitted | 2002, Indiana |
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| Memberships | Hamilton County (Member, Family Law Section), Boone County (Delegate to Indiana State Bar Association's Board of Governors), Indianapolis (Executive Committee, Family Law Section; Member: Women in Law Division; Young Lawyers Division; Task Force to Create Family Law Manual for Family Law Practitioners), Indiana State (Delegate to Board of Governors, Family Law Section; Member: Women in Law Division; Young Lawyers Division) and American (Advisory Panelist, Family Law Section; Member, Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; National Association of Women Lawyers. |
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| Biography | Kena Hollingsworth is a founding partner of Hollingsworth & Zivitz, PC, where she practices exclusively in the area of family law and family law mediation. Kena represents clients with all types of family law issues including: divorce & legal separation; custody; parenting time (visitation); child support; paternity; adoptions (including contested adoptions); prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; post-decree modifications & enforcement (including contempt actions); guardianships, emancipation; domestic partnership agreements & disputes; spousal maintenance (alimony); relocations; protective orders; restraining orders; grandparent rights; education orders; military divorces; CHINS (children in need of services); and family law appeals. Kena is also a registered family law mediator. As a child of divorce, Kena understands the complex, emotional nature of family law cases and, whether she is acting as a litigator or a mediator, she approaches them with compassion and empathy. Very dedicated to the legal community, Kena is an active member of the family law sections of the American, Indiana, Indianapolis, Hamilton County and Boone County Bar Associations. She is a frequent author of and speaker on topics of interest in family law, and has appeared on local television and radio programs discussing various issues related to divorce and family law. Earlier this year, Kena was named to the prestigious list of Super Lawyers® Rising Stars for family law by Law & Politics Magazine and Indianapolis Monthly. In addition to her commitment to the legal community, Kena is actively involved in Central Indiana's community. She serves on numerous non-profit boards and volunteers many hours to legal and civic organizations. Kena has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to the community through leadership, volunteerism, and professionalism. In addition to being named one of Indy's Best & Brightest, for the last three consecutive years by Junior Achievement of Indianapolis, she was named to the Indianapolis Business Journal's Forty Under 40 list in 2008, and received the Colts Community Quarterback Award in 2007. |
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| Reported Cases | Sabo v. Sabo, 58A05-0608-CV-409 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). |
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| ISLN | 914213084 |
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