As if you don’t have enough going on in your life, you have been asked to take on the role of guardian to an elderly family member. A chronic illness or dementia might make it impossible for your family member to continue to take care of his or her own personal and/or financial affairs. Guardianship… Continue reading →
Posts Tagged ‘Family Law’
Parental Relocation
No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Life circumstances change all the time. When this happens between a divorced couple with children, child custody agreements can also change. If you are a custodial parent and are planning on relocating for your job or another significant reason, such as remarriage, you will need to seek a… Continue reading →
Questioning paternity?
A father’s role in his child’s life is equally as important as a mother’s. Are you questioning whether you are the father of a child? Are you looking to prove paternity in order to receive custody rights or are you trying to disprove paternity so you won’t be responsible for paying child support? When there… Continue reading →
How is Child Custody Determined?
One of the most frequently contested issues in a California divorce action revolves around the custody of the child. I don’t know how many times I have been asked, “Will I get custody of my children?” If you are going through a fairly agreeable divorce, you and your spouse can probably work out a joint… Continue reading →
Joint Custody After Divorce
Joint custody arrangements, especially after an acrimonious split, can be exhausting and infuriating. It can be extremely difficult to get past the painful history you may have with your ex and overcome any built-up resentment. Making shared decisions, interacting with each another at drop-offs, or just speaking to a person you’d rather forget all about… Continue reading →
Can I still see my step-kids?
As we’ve seen in celebrities and their families, step parents often have a hand in raising children and form meaningful bonds with them. That’s why when a child’s parent and stepparent get a divorce, California allows stepparents to petition for visitation rights. Court’s will generally show preference to the birth parents’ wishes. But they can… Continue reading →
What are restraining orders?
Restraining orders are sometimes not fully understood, and in some cases people don’t realize they had this option. A restraining order (also called a “protective order”) is a court order that can protect someone from being physically or sexually abused, threatened, stalked, or harassed. The person getting the restraining order is called the “protected person.”… Continue reading →
Paternity Law in California
Our legal team will work with you to ensure both partners have equal parenting rights whether through an agreement or a paternity action.We invite you to call our law firm today at 714-731-8600 to arrange a free consultation with our Irvine father’s rights attorney to discuss your family law issue. When the mother is living… Continue reading →
Same sex marriage
The areas of domestic partnership and same sex marriage could not escape the recent modification of California’s legal codes. Specifically, registration and dissolution were affected by the new legislation known as SB 651. This new law amended two family law sections and added two more to remove the requirement that domestic partners have a common… Continue reading →
Dating after divorce & introducing your kids
You’ve been through a hard divorce and come out of it alive and strong. You’ve met someone and you are happy again but how do you introduce your kids to your new love? You feel torn between your own wants and needs and your concerns about how the kids will react to a new person… Continue reading →
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