Lindsay H. Childs Esq.

Lindsay H. Childs - Family Attorney - Vetrano Vetrano & Feinman

Family Lawyer Philadelphia
King of Prussia, PA

Lindsay H. Childs, Esq.

LChilds@vetranolaw.com

(610) 265-4441

Fax: (610) 265-1120

About me

Ms. Childs is a partner at the firm of Vetrano|Vetrano & Feinman LLC, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Ms. Childs graduated from Villanova University School of Law in 2011, and from the University of Richmond in 2008. While in law school, Ms. Childs interned as a law clerk for the Honorable Katherine B.L. Platt of the Family Court Division of the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. She also served as a certified legal intern at Villanova’s Civil Justice Clinic, where her practice included family law matters.

Ms. Childs served as Chair of the Montgomery Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section in 2017 and as Chair of the Montgomery Bar Association’s Family Law Section in 2022. She is a prior council member for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section, County Representative for the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s House of Delegates and Young Lawyers Division Zone 9 Co-Chair. Ms. Childs also formerly served as the President of the Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court from 2020-2021. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and serves as an Affiliate Attorney with the Women’s Resource Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Ms. Childs has been appointed as a guardian ad litem for children in numerous custody and abuse cases and is a certified Parenting Coordinator.

Ms. Childs was the Pennsylvania Reporter for the American Bar Association’s Family Law Quarterly, Law in the 50 States Annual Report, for 2012 through 2015. She has been published several times in the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Lawyer Magazine. And in 2020, the American Bar Association published a book authored by Ms. Childs, titled “Divorce in the Golden Years: Estate Planning, Spousal Support, and Retirement Issues for Clients and Midlife and Beyond, Second Edition.”

Ms. Childs is a frequent presenter for the Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Family Law Section and the Montgomery Bar Association. Ms. Childs has chosen to limit her practice to family law, including the areas of divorce, custody, equitable distribution, child support, alimony, spousal support, enforcement/modification of property settlement agreements, and prenuptial agreements.

She has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Star each year since 2017, and as a Main Line Today Top Lawyer each year since 2019.

Areas of Practice

Family Law

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania 2011

Education

Villanova University School of Law, J.D., 2011
University of Richmond, B.S. Psychology, 2008

Past Employment Positions

Villanova University School of Law Civil Justice Clinic, Certified Legal Intern
Hon. Katherine B.L. Platt, Chester County Court of Common Pleas, Family Law Division, Law Clerk Intern
Mission Kids, Child Advocacy Center of Montgomery County, Blue Bell, PA, Case Coordinator
Governor’s Office of General Counsel, Pennsylvania Department of State, Harrisburg, PA, Legal Extern

About Us

Vetrano | Vetrano & Feinman LLC is a law firm in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania that practices in the areas of family law and civil appeals.

The firm’s family law practice extends throughout eastern Pennsylvania. This area includes the Philadelphia Main Line (Merion, Narberth, Gladwyne, Wynnewood, Ardmore, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont, Villanova, St. David’s, Radnor, Wayne, Strafford, Devon, Berwyn, and Paoli) and the communities of Newtown Square, Malvern, Valley Forge, and Phoenixville. The counties covered include Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Monroe, Montgomery, and Northampton—whose county seats are, respectively, in Reading, Doylestown, West Chester, Media, Lancaster, Allentown, Stroudsburg, Norristown, and Easton.

The firm’s civil appeals practice is throughout Pennsylvania.

Honors, Awards and Published Works

See list of honors, awards and published works.

Main Line Today Top Lawyer – 2019 – 2024

Pennsylvania Super Lawyer – Rising Star – 2017 – 2024

Published Works by Lindsay H. Childs

Book: Divorce in the Golden Years: Estate Planning, Spousal Support, and Retirement Issues for Clients at Midlife and Beyond, Second Edition, American Bar Association 2020

Case Notes: Comparing Vacula and McGoldrick – How Contributions to the Purchase of Real Estate Should be Handled in the Absence of Marriage, PBA Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Volume 42, Issue No. 2, Summer 2020.

The Impact of Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act on Custody and Support Cases, PBA Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Volume 38, Issue No. 2, June 2016.

Cited in: Pennsylvania’s New Medical Marijuana Law: The Legal Roadmap for a Growing Industry; Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, Volume LXXXVII, No. 4, October 2016, p 158.

Judicial Interview of the Child in Family Law Matters; Pennsylvania Bar Association, June 2014 (aided with survey of judges and data tabulation).

Family Law in the Fifty States 2013-2014: Case Digests, Pennsylvania. American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Pennsylvania Reporter, winter 2015.

Family Law in the Fifty States 2012-2013: Case Digests, Pennsylvania. American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Pennsylvania Reporter, winter 2014.

Family Law in the Fifty States 2011-2012: Case Digests, Pennsylvania. American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Pennsylvania Reporter, winter 2013.

Family Law in the 50 States 2010-2011: Case Digests, Pennsylvania. American Bar Association Family Law Quarterly, Pennsylvania Reporter, winter 2012.

Case Notes: In re: Adoption of Z.S.H.G. – Lack of Standing to Bring Termination of Parental Rights is a Waivable Defense Despite Statutory Standing Requirements, PBA Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, Volume 34, Issue No. 2, June 2012.

Professional Associations and Memberships

See list of professional associations and memberships.

Certified and appointed by the court as a Parenting Coordinator – 2019 to present

Montgomery Bar Association, Director, 2017 – 2020

Montgomery Bar Association, Lawyer Referral Service Committee – Officer

Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2011 – present

Chair, 2022
Vice Chair, 2021
Secretary, 2020
Treasurer, 2019
Sidebar Committee Chair, 2018
Member of the Custody Committee, 2016
Chair of the Toby L. Dickman Seminar Committee, 2015
Chair of the Rules & Legislative Updates Committee, 2014
Chair of the Support Committee, 2013
Member of Case Law Updates Committee, 2012

Montgomery Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, 2011 – present

Chair, 2017
Secretary, 2016
Treasurer, 2015
Women in the Law Liaison, 2014

Montgomery Bar Association, Sidebar Committee, 2011 – 2015, 2018

Regular columnist

Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court (matrimonial law), 2011 – present

President Emeritus, 2023
President, 2020-2021
Secretary, 2018-2019
Membership Chair, 2017-2018
Programming Chair, 2016-2017

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section, 2011-present

Council Member, 2018-present
Young Lawyers Division Liaison, 2016-2017
Legislative Committee, 2016
2:1 Taskforce, Research Subcommittee, 2014-2015 – helped prepare research for and contributed to report submitted to Pennsylvania legislature regarding proposed change to divorce code

Pennsylvania Bar Association, County Representative to House of Delegates – 2017-2018

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, 2011 – present

Family Law Liaison, 2016-2017
Zone 9 Delegate, 2017-2018

American Bar Association, 2011-2012

Classes/Seminars Taught

See list of classes/seminars taught.

Real Divorce Talk with 610-WWDB-Talk Radio’s Dr. Sue Cornbluth, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania – April 11, 2019 – Discussion of Second Saturday Divorce Workshop

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – January 2019 – Equitable Distribution Case Law Updates

Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section, Toby L. Dickman Seminar, Norristown, Pennsylvania – December 2017 – The Intersection Between Mental Health and Family Law

Montgomery Bar Association, Family Law Section, Norristown, Pennsylvania – January 2017 – Case Law Year in Review

Second Saturday Divorce Workshop, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania – June 2016, & October 2016. November 2017, June 2018, and June 2020 – What Every Woman Needs to Know About Divorce

Course Planner and Moderator for Toby L. Dickman Seminar, Norristown, Pennsylvania – October 2015 – Emergency Planning for your Practice and Updates from Outside of Family Law that Affect Family Law Practices

Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – October 2015 – Appellate Procedure

Montgomery Bar Association, Norristown, Pennsylvania – December 2014 – Divorce 101

Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – November 2014 – Guardianship and Adoption: The Do’s and the Don’ts

Doris Jonas Freed American Inn of Court, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania – January 2014 – Assisted Reproductive Technology – Where do we Start?

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Family Law Section Winter Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – January 2014 – Support Case Law Updates

Vetrano Vetrano & Feinman Attorneys Tony Vetrano, Lindsay Childs, Sarinia Feinman, Kate Vetrano and Donna Marcus

Need to Talk to Us?

Our experienced family lawyers take the time to fully understand the financial and emotional complexities that can be involved in separating two lives. We offer the patience and resources to effectively guide clients through a divorce, addressing all the challenges they may face in moving forward with their lives. To learn more about how we can help protect your rights and interests in a complex divorce, contact the Pennsylvania divorce attorneys at Vetrano | Vetrano & Feinman LLC.