Step-Parent Visitation Rights Being Fought in the California Court of Appeals
Step-Parent Visitation Rights Being Fought in the California Court of Appeals
If you are not the biological parent of a child and you are not married to the biological parent, but you have a strong parent-child relationship with your partner's child when your relationship with the biological parent ends, you can still have rights to the child as a legal parent. Step-parent visitation rights is an issue currently under debate in the 3rd District Court of Appeals, and is something you…
Read More50-50 Physical Custody Split Being Challenged for Children Under Age 3
Over the last several years most family law courts have preferred to award 50-50 physical custody to both parents in child custody cases. This has been a trend that has taken the place of an old family law doctrine called the “Tender Years Doctrine”. The tender years doctrine approach started from the premise that the mother should have primary physical custody of the child until the child was of school…
Read MoreRiverside Man Files Restraining Order Against 10 Year Old Boy
A Riverside, CA man recently filed a restraining order for his son against a school bully. Robert Casteel filed for the restraining order after he alleged that complaints to the school were taken too lightly. The complaint states that the bully threatened his son with a knife, saying “he would get him” after school. While the ages of the kids (10 years old) might lead to a snap judgment that…
Read MoreVanessa Bryant to Get 3 Mansions in Orange County Divorce. Heidi Klum and Seal Calling it Quits.
Celebrities filing for divorce in Southern California are a dime a dozen. After all, Southern California is home to Hollywood and marriages so short you count them in days, not months. Another Hollywood power couple filed for divorce this week as supermodel Heidi Klum and singer Seal have announced that they will be ending their 6 year marriage. The couple is saying all the right things, and every indication is…
Read MoreTeen Mom From MTV Reality Show Might Face Child Dependency Hearing
With the world living in the age of reality television, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that there is a show on MTV called “Teen Mom 2.” The show is exactly what it sounds like, and follows the lives of teen mothers dealing with pregnancy and motherhood. It also deals with the stress surround child custody cases, and in some cases, child dependency cases. Today, one of the young…
Read MoreIs it Against the Law for my Spouse to “Cheat on Me” in California
In many states, such as Arizona, it is a crime to commit adultery. However, in California there is no crime committed if one spouse has sex with another person while they are married. Not only is it not a crime in California but it is not even a “legal ground” for a divorce in California. What this means is that if you find out your spouse is “cheating on you”…
Read MoreMy Spouse And I Are Planning To Get A Divorce, How Do We Determine Custody And Visitation Of Our Minor Children
When you separate or divorce, you need to decide who will have custody of your children and how they will be taken care of. You also need to decide on visitation, which means how each parent will spend time with the children. With the help of a divorce attorney, parents typically either agree among themselves, or have a court issue an order on custody and visitation. When a there is…
Read MoreI can’t locate my spouse to serve divorce documents
While it’s not common, there are times when someone would like to file for divorce, but can’t find their spouse in order to serve them the divorce papers. Perhaps the estranged spouse has ran off with someone else and there whereabouts are unknown. Whatever the circumstances are, with the help of a Southern California divorce attorney, you can start your divorce proceedings without serving documents to your spouse. In order…
Read MoreBurden of Proof Often Falls on the Defendant in Child Dependency Cases
If you have to take your young child to an emergency room because of a possible broken bone be prepared for the REAL POSSIBILITY that you could have your child taken from you and put in foster care. The “child dependency laws” in California are extremely harsh when it comes to a situation where doctors at the emergency room believe that your child was injured “intentionally”. It doesn’t matter that…
Read MoreWhen Should You Ask For Supervised Visitation
As news reports continually come in with developments on the Jerry Sandusky child molestation allegations, news reports indicate that Sandusky's daughter in law sought an order seeking that Sandusky not be allowed in the presence of her children nor to allow the children to be in Sandusky's home. The court ended up making an order that the children were not to be in the presence of Jerry Sandusky without supervision…
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