About the Firm
Helping you and your family find the strength to rebuild — through turbulent times.
S.C. Chueh Attorneys-at-Law is a Taipei-based law firm focused on family law, children’s rights, and related civil, criminal and juvenile matters. We accompany clients and their families with both professional rigor and empathy, looking for the most suitable solution between negotiation and litigation.
Litigation draws clear lines between people through a court judgment, but it can also break relationships apart. In our experience, a considerable number of family cases can be resolved early through negotiation or mediation. When the issues are worked through in dialogue, parents and partners can keep cooperating after they leave the courtroom — and children can grow up in the place they belong.
Where a case involves coercive control (such as domestic violence or abusive partners) or an abuse of power (such as sexual assault or harassment in a position of authority), a court ruling is often necessary. In those cases we focus on empowering the individual through the process, so that they can return to daily life with renewed strength, and children are not left to grow up in a cycle of harm.
Many modern firms are oriented toward commercial interests. Our aspiration is to build a practice that can be a point of light for children and families in uncertain times.
Our Attorney
Shawn Chueh 闕士超
Attorney-at-Law, Taiwan
Shawn is a family lawyer — and the father of a young boy. Born and raised in Taipei, he decided to study law after attending a law camp at National Taiwan University in high school.
His master’s thesis at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University examined the role and procedure of forensic interviewers for child victims of sexual offences in criminal proceedings, which led him to devote his practice to children’s rights. He then joined the team of Attorney Fang-Yu Lai, where he handled more than a hundred divorce, custody, property-division and protection-order cases, including several high-profile divorces.
In his fourth year of practice he established his own practice. Besides family, child and gender-related matters, he works with central and local governments: he has served on selection panels for Ministry of Health and Welfare projects on sexual-violence prevention training and on a court-preparation handbook for child victims of sexual violence, and has investigated more than a hundred cases of improper discipline in kindergartens following the amendment of Taiwan’s Act Governing Preschool Educators and Caregivers.
In his sixth year of practice he studied common law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, and earned a master’s degree in common law. He has since returned to practice in Taipei. Whatever the size of a case, he believes every family deserves to be treated with care, and every child deserves to be protected.
Education
- LL.M. (Common Law), Peter A. Allard School of Law, The University of British Columbia, Canada
- LL.M., Institute of Technology Law, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
- LL.B., Soochow University, Taiwan
Public Sector & School Services
- Seed Trainer, Guidelines on Guidance and Discipline of Young Children for Preschool EducatorsK-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education
- Investigator, Misconduct Cases Involving Preschool Educators and CaregiversK-12 Education Administration, Ministry of Education · over 100 investigations
- Legal Counsel to SchoolsTaipei Municipal Neihu, Beitou, Shilin, Da’an, Songshan, Datong and Wenshan Preschools
Bar Association
- Member, Family Law Committee, Taipei Bar Association
- Member, Juvenile and Children Law Committee, Taipei Bar Association
Professional Experience
- Of-counsel, Wong & Co. (定恆法律事務所)
- Associate Attorney, Oasis Law (律州聯合法律事務所)
- Intern Attorney, LCS & Partners (協合國際法律事務所)
Practice Areas
We advise and represent clients in family, civil, criminal, enforcement and juvenile matters, and serve as outside legal counsel to companies.
Family Law
Our core practice, with more than 300 family cases handled. We use negotiation, mediation, litigation and referrals to counselling or family consultation as needed, and begin each consultation by mapping the family’s relationships so that the legal strategy reflects the real needs of everyone involved.
Matters include divorce, child custody (the exercise of rights and assumption of duties in regard to minor children), protection orders, maintenance, meeting and communication with minor children (parenting time), provisional orders, distribution of the remainder of marital property, court-ordered separation of property regime, living expenses of the household, confirmation of parent-child relationships, guardianship over minors, orders of commencement of guardianship and assistance for adults, adult guardianship by agreement, prenuptial agreements and wills.
Negotiation
Out-of-court negotiation to reduce conflict, where we judge it suitable.
Mediation
Most divorce, custody, meeting-and-communication, maintenance, property and inheritance matters must first go through court mediation under Taiwan’s Family Act. We value an amicable parting, especially where co-parenting is at stake, and can ask the court for referrals to counselling or family consultation.
Litigation
If mediation does not succeed, we represent you throughout the court process, protecting your rights and the best interests of the children.
Cross-border family matters
See International Clients below.
Civil Litigation
With particular strength in disputes between family members, such as infringement of spousal rights, real-estate disputes within families and disputes over wills.
- Infringement of spousal rights
- Traffic accident claims
- Sale and lease disputes
- Real-estate disputes
- Repair and leakage disputes
Criminal Matters
We help victims pursue justice and defend the accused, and have obtained acquittals on multiple occasions.
- Bodily injury
- Sexual offences
- Child sexual exploitation
- Fraud and money laundering
- Theft
- Defamation and offences against personal liberty
Enforcement
When a final judgment, mediation settlement or notarised agreement is not honoured, the other party may apply to the court for compulsory enforcement. We handle civil enforcement (provisional seizure, provisional injunction, or provisional enforcement) and family enforcement, including orders on meeting and communication with minor children, provisional orders and recognition of foreign judgments.
Juvenile Cases
Juvenile proceedings aim to support a young person’s healthy development and adjust their environment rather than simply assign criminal liability. Drawing on our family-law experience, we take a whole-family view to secure appropriate measures for the young person, and also assist victims.
Corporate Legal Counsel
We serve as retained legal counsel to a number of companies, assisting with contract review and legal risk assessment.
For International Clients
Attorney Chueh works with clients in English and has assisted many foreign nationals with cross-border marriage, custody and property issues. We have represented clients connected to mainland China, the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Singapore and Dubai, among others.
We also have extensive experience applying to Taiwanese courts for recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments.
Contact Us
- Phone
- +886-2-6609-0327
- Fax
- +886-2-2712-5200
- shawnchueh@cssclaw.com
- LINE
- shawnchueh
- Address
- 2F, No. 1, Sec. 4, Nanjing E. Rd., Songshan Dist., Taipei City 105609, Taiwan
When you write to us, please include your name, a phone number, your preferred contact times, and a brief description of your matter. We usually reply within one business day.