Family Law

★ 7.2IMDb Score
Released:2021-09-16
Genre:Drama
Duration:45 min
Director:
Actors:Jewel Staite, Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams, Lauren Holly, Victor Garber
Production:SEVEN24 Films, Lark Productions

Overview:

Lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi is struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father’s firm, Svensson and Associates, and practice in family law for the first time while forging new relationships with the half-brother and half-sister whom she’s never met. The result is a dysfunctional family law firm operating to help other families with their own dysfunctions.

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