Our Family Law Blog
The California Divorce Process & 12 Mistakes You Really Want To Avoid
Mistake One – Taking Legal Advice from Family or Friends When you go through the divorce process, you may already have family or friends that are already divorced. If so, it’s not unusual for them to want to offer you legal advice based on their experiences....
What Is A Family Law Attorney?
Qualifications, Practice Areas, and the Benefits of Hiring One What is a family law attorney? Before we answer this question, let’s take a look at what we know about the concept of family. The family is society’s most basic social unit – and for most of us, our most...
Co-Parenting: 5 Easy To Use Tips
A divorce can tease out the worst sides of both you and your ex spouse, creating a vacuum of pain and resentment in the void between. Cooperating with an ex on a weekly basis may be the last thing you want to do, but a positive co-parenting relationship between the...
Parental Alienation: What Is It Exactly?
Child custody issues can be contentious and stressful for parents and children alike. However, when parents have a strained or adversarial relationship with each other, things can be even more difficult. “Parental alienation” is the term for when one parent actively...
Is Your Child Adjusting To Divorce?
During a divorce a parent’s first priority is usually to make sure that their child is processing everything in a healthy way. They do their best to inform their child or children of what is to be expected during the divorce process, and they remind their children...
As A Parent. Can You Waive Child Support?
Every divorce is different, and as such, it might make sense for you to want to waive your claim to child support. In certain cases, you might want to waive child support in exchange for the other parent waiving visitation rights or making another type of concession....
Virtual Visitation: What Is It? And Why Is It Important?
Virtual visitation is a modern way for parents to meet with their children under child visitation laws. It allows a non-custodial parent to meet with their child through the use of internet technology, also called “e-visitation” or “e-access.” Virtual visitation...
Children Surviving Divorce During The Holidays
Surviving the Holidays While You’re Surviving Divorce The divorce process is one of the most stressful things a person can go through. Add that to the stress of the holidays, and you may feel completely overwhelmed. When the holiday season rolls around, you may wonder...
Parenting After Divorce Takes Discipline
Parenting is hard to do in any situation; however, after divorce it can be even more difficult. Parenting can be hard when the children is being shuttled between two homes and having to constantly readjust. Children may also react differently to separation and...
How Does Adultery Impact Child Custody Decisions In Riverside?
Adultery is a very common reason for a couple to divorce. Though no one imagines they would ever commit adultery, the fact is that some studies have found that in approximately 40 percent of marriages, one or both spouses engages in an affair. More often than not, an...