Clients may not think of family law attorneys as contract attorneys, but they are. The judgments entered in dissolution matters are very often based on a settlement agreement between the parties and attached to the judgment.Usually, each term of the settlement agreement remains in effect until all the obligations have been met; however, it is not unusual for parties to modify and amend such an agreement. It is in this amendment process that the family law attorney should make perfectly clear what happens to the terms of …