Legal Services

Business Law

Griffith & Cummings, PLLC works closely with businesses to help business owners and individuals meet their legal needs. For example, the legal needs of a sole proprietorship where one person is the owner, operator and bookkeeper are much different than a manufacturing company that may have hundreds of employees and must work with various middlemen while keeping the owners happy. Contact us and ask about the various services provided by Griffith & Cummings, PLLC. Some of the services provided are:  

      • Organizing your business
      • Registered Agent Services and Annual Reports
      • Employee Handbooks
      • Employment Disputes and Termination
      • Drafting, Reviewing and Negotiating Contracts
      • Purchase, Sale or Merger of a Business
      • Reviewing your current legal documents and business structure for any potential legal issues
      • Government Administrative Hearings
      • Litigation
      • Reviewing Insurance Policy

Real Estate and Easement Law Services

Griffith & Cummings, PLLC can help you avoid the possible pitfalls involved with real estate transactions and other real estate matters. The services provided include the following:

      • Drafting the purchase and sale agreements for real property, water rights, mineral rights and easements.
      • Determining how to structure the sale and/or purchase to best suit your needs.
      • Drafting warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, Realty Transfer Certificates, contract for deeds, trust indentures, first right of refusals, mortgages and other documents necessary to close on any real property.
      • Structuring and Drafting options to purchase property.
      • Reviewing any applicable legal documents governing the use of your property, including covenants, bylaws and zoning restrictions.
      • Preparing detailed property reports to identify issues or concerns with a potential purchase (these can be general or specific in scope, depending upon your needs).
      • Creating agreements including commercial leases, residential leases, agricultural leases, grazing leases, etc.
      • Discussing Montana easement law and whether you or your neighbor may have an easement even if the easement is not recorded.
      • Helping you with subdivision, boundary adjustments, zoning map amendments, variances for use and other matters once you own your property.
      • Litigating easement issues.
      • Litigating all other real estate matters.

Homeowners’ and Condominium Owners’ Associations

Griffith & Cummings, PLLC represents a number of area Homeowner and Condominium Owner’s Associations and their Boards of Directors. Griffith & Cummings, PLLC provides various legal services to Boards of Directors, including the following services: 

      • Helping the Board of Directors interpret their Governing Documents, including Covenants, Declarations, Bylaws, Design Guidelines, Articles of Incorporation and other governing documents.
      • Helping the Board of Directors understand their duties under the Governing Documents and Montana Non-Profit Act.
      • Working with the Board to identify various issues with the Governing Documents and draft new language to take to the membership for approval.
      • Working with the Board and the membership to properly amend the Governing Documents.
      • Working with the Board to properly enforce the Governing Documents, including notices, appeals to the Board and, if necessary, litigation.

    Adoption

    Griffith & Cummings, PLLC aids parents with the legal issues that arise in any adoption. Whether you are looking to finalize an international adoption, need to know if you can proceed with a step-parent adoption, are trying to navigate the waters of a interstate adoption, or need to do an adoption where everyone lives in Montana, Griffith & Cummings can help.

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