Valerie L. Moore

Valerie L. Moore has more than 20 years working in the field of family law, helping families care for themselves, their children, and their elders with a wide range of legal services.

Areas of Practice

• Divorce (including high asset divorces)
• Child Custody and Parenting Time (initial determination and modifications)
• Paternity
• Child Support
• Mediation
• Guardianship/Conservatorship
• Adoption (stepparent, agency, same-sex couples)
• LGBTQ family-law related matters (planning, adoptions, dissolution)
• Grandparent Rights Actions
• Other Family Law related matters

Published Works

• Navigating Same-Sex Parentage Cases, Kansas Bar Association Journal article
• The Role of Guardian Ad Litem in Family Law Matters, ABA web article
• How to Choose Your Cases, ABA Web article

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 2000
• U.S. District Court District of Kansas, 2000

Education

• Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas
  • J.D. – 2000
• Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
  • B.S. – 1997
  • Major: Political Science

Classes/Seminars

• Depositions, Kansas Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2008
• Non-Traditional Families, Kansas Bar Association, 2007
• Relocation Cases, Kansas Bar Association, 2006
• A View from the Bench, Kansas Bar Association, 2008
• A GAL, Case Manager, Mediator walk into a room…, Kansas Bar Association, 2011
• Divorce 101: Property Division, Johnson County Bar Association, 2011
• Role of GAL’s, Kansas Bar Association, 2012
• GAL 101, Kansas Bar Association, 2012
• Child Support, Johnson County Bar Association, 2013
• Motions, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2013
• Ethics and Technologies, Johnson County Bar Association, 2014
• Same-Sex and Probate Issues, Johnson County Bar Association, 2014
• Legislative/Case Law Update, Kansas Bar Association, 2014
• Ethics, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2015
• Ethics, NBI, 2015
• Ethics, Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, 2016
• Same-Sex Parents in Kansas, Kansas Bar Association, April 2021

Past Employment Positions

• The Law Offices of Valerie L. Moore, LLC, managing partner, 2006-2020
• Goodenow & Moore, LLC, Managing Partner, 2002 – 2006
• Kansas Legal Services, Staff Attorney, 2000 – 2002

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow, 2016 – Present
• Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, President 2019-2020
• Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, President-Elect 2017-2019
• Johnson County Family Law American Inn of Court, Secretary 2013-2017
• Johnson County Bar Association, Family Law Section President, 2012 – 2019
• Johnson County Bar Association, Member, 2000 – Present
• Johnson County Bar Association, Member of the Guardian Ad Litem Bench Bar Committee
• Kansas Bar Association, Family Law Section President, 2010 – 2011
• Kansas Bar Association, Family Law Section President-Elect, 2009 – 2010
• Kansas Bar Association, Family Law CLE Coordinator, 2008 – 2009
• American Bar Association – Family Law Section, Committee Member
• Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association, Vice Chair of Family Law Division, 2008 – 2009

Distinguished Cases

• Matter of M.F. by and through K.L., 312 Kan. 322, 324, 475 P.3d 642 (2020)
• In re W.L. 312 Kan. 382 (2020) Read More Here
• Frazier v. Goudschaal 296 Kan. 730, 732, 295 p.3d 542 (2013) Read More Here