Ellen Cronin Badeaux LLC

Ellen Cronin Badeaux LLC is a focused family law practice serving Tangipahoa Parish from its offices in Amite, the parish seat, operating through ecbadeaux.com. Led by Attorney Ellen Cronin Badeaux, the firm provides personalized Louisiana community property divorce, spousal support, child custody, and support representation to individuals and families throughout Tangipahoa Parish. The parish is known affectionately as the 'Strawberry Capital of the World' for the extensive strawberry cultivation around Ponchatoula, and is home to Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond — the parish's largest city — whose presence shapes the local community with a blend of agricultural, academic, and suburban families. Tangipahoa Parish's location between New Orleans (50 miles south via Interstate 55) and Baton Rouge (55 miles west) creates a commuter-influenced demographic in Hammond and its suburbs, while the parish's rural interior — including the historic communities of Amite, Kentwood, and Independence — maintains the agricultural and small-town character that defines the region's cultural identity. Louisiana community property law under Civil Code art. 2336 governs all marital property accumulated during the marriage, and Attorney Badeaux assists Tangipahoa Parish clients in inventorying and dividing community assets that may range from suburban residential properties and Southeastern Louisiana University retirement accounts to rural farmland and strawberry farm operations. The firm's practice in Tangipahoa Parish addresses the full range of Louisiana Civil Code family law, including the 180-day (or 365-day with minor children) separation requirement under art. 103, interim and final periodic spousal support under arts. 111-115, child custody under La. R.S. 9:335, and child support under §9:315's income shares guidelines. Attorney Badeaux's solo practice model ensures direct client attention, and her Tangipahoa Parish court experience provides clients with the local expertise their matters deserve.