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family law

04
May

Five common ways to establish paternity

Paternity litigation refers to disputes concerning the identity of a child’s father.  For mothers, establishing paternity is the first step to enforcing a father’s obligations to the child, including payments of child support. For fathers, establishing paternity is the first step to seeking custody and visitations rights.  There are various ways of establishing paternity (or parentage) but below […]

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22
Feb

If you think divorces are expensive…

Family law is the one area where the cases are abundant and the majority of the litigants are pro per (not represented by counsel).  Due to the high-volume court dockets and limited resources, many courts have adopted local rules to facilitate order to show cause hearings (where you ask the court to make an order) […]

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26
Oct

Gamesmanship

  The Family Code provides that the court has the discretion to order one party to pay the other party’s attorney’s fees in a contested divorce proceeding to ensure that each party has access to adequate representation.  However, attorney’s fees can also be awarded to sanction a party pursuant to sections 271 and 2107, subdivision (c).  […]

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