Family law lawyers can help with a variety of family legal matters such as a contested or uncontested divorce, adoption of a child or placement of a child for adoption, and establishing and modifying child support, child visitation and custody. Family law lawyers can also assist with child abuse matters, domestic violence, elder law, juvenile law, probate and/or any other major family law issue.
What Is An Annulment?
An annulment in the legal sense is NOT the same thing as an annulment in the religious sense. A legal annulment means that the marriage was invalid from its inception and there are very limited …
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Do I Have To Be Licensed To Provide Child Care In California?
In California, you don't need a license if you care for children who are related to you or if you care for children of only one other family. However, if you care for children from two or more …
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How Can I Find A Child Care Provider In My Community?
The California Community Care Licensing Division has a facility search on its website to help you find licensed child care providers in your area. You can also contact your local Child Care …
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How to Establish Paternity
With steadily rising numbers of children being born out of wedlock, and a society that no longer stigmatizes having children outside of a marriage, paternity courts are overrun with unmarried litigants seeking to establish paternity, custody, visitation, child support and related matters regarding their children. Fortunately, paternity court is not the only means of establishing …
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Intercepting Tax Refunds When a Parent Fails to Pay Child Support
It seems only fair that if a parent is entitled to a tax refund, and he or she owes back child support, then back child support ought to be paid off first. For that reason, federal law provides that if a parent owes back child support, then a state child support office can intercept that parent’s tax refund for you and apply it to the back child support. Even if the child for …
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How To Establish Paternity in Family Law Matters
In most states an unmarried man does not automatically have any parental rights or responsibilities over a child which may be his until his paternity is established. This includes custody, visitation or a requirement to pay child support. Because establishing paternity is a serious action you should contact an attorney. Establishing a child’s paternity will enable that …
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How To File for Divorce
Every state has a process for ending a marriage. Some states refer to the divorce process a bit more formally, calling it "dissolution of marriage." STEP 1 – Talk to Your Spouse An angry and bitter divorce will be longer and more expensive. If you and your spouse are in general agreement regarding ending the marriage, the division of your marital property, and …
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Unmarried Father's Parental Rights
How To Enforce Child Support
Domestic Violence
Temporary Custody Orders
How To Prepare to Meet With Your Lawyer
FDIC Insurance Coverage for Living Trust Accounts
Unfair Child Support Payment?
Child Endangerment
How To Calculate Child Support
How To Become a Licensed Child Care Provider
Reasonable Child Visitation
Hiring a Family Law Attorney
What is a Prenuptial Agreement?
Collaborative Law
Child Support for Emancipated Minors
Divorce and the "Bankrupt Marriage"
Simple Divorce
Paternity
Who Gets to Keep the Engagement Ring?
Common Law Marriage