Family Law has been described as being similar to General Practice because it can interact with other specialties of law such as real estate, retirement,
Unless celebrities are getting divorced you don’t see much about Family Law in the newspapers. Of course there are always exceptions and here are just
At Bawden & Kochis, we handle three types of adoptions. The first is the independent adoption. This is where parents seek to adopt a child
The California Evidence Code Section 954 says the client has the privilege to refuse todisclose “a confidential communication” with the client’s lawyer. There are a
When parties get married, they rarely think of their relationship ending in a divorce. Unfortunately, some couples eventually do get divorced, which may then require
I recently consulted with a father who told me his first priority was to have a substantial time share with his young daughter, who was
This month, I am answering three separate legal questions on family law topics which clients have asked me this past month. PARENT COMMUNICATION Parents who
Once a support order has been issued, it may be modified “as the court determines necessary,” (Family Code Section 3651(a)), and the modification order may
CHILD SUPPORT Before 1999, child support orders could only be made retroactive to the date of filing the request, and not to the date of
After reading an article in the Fall 2017 Journal of the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists and then reviewing the most recent update to