Family Law

Whether your separation is amicable or contentious, we walk you through every decision: residency requirements, grounds for filing, asset and debt classification, the timing of each step. The goal is an outcome you can live with, not one you can technically win.

We handle straightforward dissolutions and complex contested cases alike. When mediation can spare you the cost and stress of trial, we'll say so. If litigation is the right path, we're ready for it.

Custody decisions shape your child's daily life for years. We help build legal and physical custody arrangements that work for your family in practice, not on paper.

We represent parents in initial custody determinations, parenting plan modifications, and emergency motions when a child's safety is at risk.

Support calculations sound straightforward — until they're not. Self-employment income, irregular bonuses, healthcare costs, and tax filing status all change the number. We make sure the inputs reflect your actual financial picture.

We handle initial support orders, modifications when circumstances change, and enforcement when payments stop arriving.

California is a community-property state, but that label hides a lot of complexity: separate vs. community classification, business valuations, retirement-account splits, and debts in one spouse's name that affect both. We make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

We work with forensic accountants and business valuators when the stakes warrant it.

If you or your children are at risk, the legal system has tools that can protect you — but they only work if used quickly and correctly. We help victims obtain emergency protective orders, restraining orders, and move-out orders.

We also represent people who have been wrongly accused and need their case heard.

Life keeps moving after the judgment is signed. Job loss, relocation, a child's changing needs — all valid grounds to seek modification. We file petitions to modify support, custody, or visitation when material changes warrant it.

When the other party isn't following the existing order, we pursue enforcement: contempt, wage garnishment, or other tools the court has available.

Mediation isn't right for every case, but when it is, it's almost always better than the alternative — faster, cheaper, less adversarial, and easier on children. We act as mediator for couples who want to reach agreement, and as advocate for clients whose mediated agreement needs legal review.

We're candid about when mediation will and won't work for your situation.

A poorly drafted prenup is often worse than no prenup at all — courts can throw out agreements that weren't properly executed, weren't fair at the time, or weren't entered into voluntarily. We draft agreements built to withstand scrutiny.

Postnuptial agreements address the same questions for couples already married, often as part of resolving a specific issue (one spouse starting a business, an inheritance, a major purchase).