Considering what is at stake in a divorce or family law proceeding, retaining aggressive and competent legal representation can be crucial.  Few things in life can be more stressful and confusing than dealing with a divorce, and family law disputes in general are often the most difficult to resolve.  I recognize that throughout a divorce or family law proceeding there are often enormous legal, financial and emotional risks at stake.  I will fight to protect your interests both in and out of the courtroom. . 

I represent clients in a wide variety of domestic disputes, from simple, uncontested petitions for dissolution to complicated divorces involving property and custody disputes.  In addition to divorce, I handle child support, visitation, maintenance, parentage, prenuptial agreements, mediation, orders of protection, domestic violence cases, modification of court orders and post-decree proceedings.

I have practiced family law since the inception of my practice. I offer a wide range of legal services in the area of family law. The following is a non-exclusive breakdown of the types of family law services I am able to provide:

Incidental Demands:

(a) Injunction against alienating or encumbering community property
(b) Injunction against physical or sexual abuse and/or harassment
(c) Order to remain living in the family residence
(d) Order to allow for the use of personal movables
(e) Order to allow for the use of monetary movables pending partition of community property

Custody:

(f) Interim/temporary custody pending adjudication
(g) Joint custody and Implementation Plans
(h) Sole custody
(i) Parent visitation
(j) Grandparent and sibling visitation
(k) Visitation for relative by affinity
(l) Modification or change of custody
(m) Relocation issues
(n) Interstate jurisdictional issues
(o) Child custody enforcement

Child Support:

(a) Initial demand for child support
(b) Modifications of child support
(c) Qualified medical child support orders
(d) Enforcement of in state and out of state child support orders
(e) Accountability of expenditure of child support

Community Partition:

(a) Voluntary Community Property Settlement Agreements
(b) Judicial Partitions
(c) Qualified Domestic Relations Orders for defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans
(d) Reimbursement claims

Matrimonial Agreements:

(a) Pre-nuptial agreements
(b) Judicial separation of community regime
(c) Affidavit to establish separateness of interest/dividends derived from separate funds
(d) Separation of property agreements during marriage

Adoptions:

(a) Intrafamily adoptions
(b) Private adoptions
(c) Notarial adoptions
(d) Termination of parental rights

Juvenile Matters:

(a) Delinquency defense
(b) Issues concerning Office of Community Services
(c) Notarial emancipation
(d) Judicial emancipation

Paternity Matters:

(a) Disavowal of paternity
(b) Avowal (establishment) of paternity
(c) Filiation actions
(d) Notarial acknowledgments of paternity

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