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Divorce
Filing, disclosures, negotiation, and judgment on uncontested, contested, and higher-asset dissolutions under California law. I appear on divorce matters at all four San Diego County family-law courthouses.
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Child Custody
Legal custody (decision-making) and physical custody (where the child lives), parenting plans, and modifications. California courts apply a best-interest-of-the-child standard under the Family Code, and the two of you can be sole or joint on either type.
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Child Support
California guideline child-support calculations, initial orders, modifications, and enforcement. The calculation uses statewide X-Spouse software driven by each parent's income and time share with the child.
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Spousal Support
Temporary support orders during the case and long-term support after judgment. Long-term spousal support in California is decided under Family Code section 4320, which lists the factors the court weighs for each spouse.
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Mediation
Representing you at private mediation, at San Diego Family Court Services mandatory custody mediation, or serving as a neutral mediator between parties. Mediation often settles a case without a contested hearing.
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Domestic Violence
Domestic-violence restraining orders under the California DVPA, emergency protective orders, temporary and permanent restraining orders, and the custody and support issues that follow. Filed and heard in San Diego family court.
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Guardianship
Probate guardianship of the person or estate of a minor under California Probate Code, and juvenile guardianship in dependency cases. San Diego probate guardianships are heard in the Central Courthouse Probate Division.
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Family Court
General help navigating California family court — Requests for Order, ex parte applications, judgments, enforcement, and appeals. Useful when your matter does not neatly fit any single pillar area or spans several.
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Paternity
Establishing legal parentage in California — the marital presumption, Voluntary Declarations of Parentage, and contested actions with court-ordered genetic testing. Custody and support orders follow.
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