1. Familiarity and consistency are crucial for infants and babies to age 18 months.
An Orange County family attorney is aware that contacts for younger children should be shorter and more frequent than for older children. As much as possible, ensure the environments at the parent’s homes are as identical as possible. Continue reading
After working with a helpful Orange County family lawyer to finalize a divorce, parents may be left wondering how to coordinate parenting now that their children are in school. Taking the child’s age into consideration will help both parents raise children in a positive, consistent way. Continue reading
If you can separate the emotion from divorce, in many ways it is much like a business transaction, such as a partnership that is being dissolved. When business partners separate, they make sure that the finances and assets are divided equitably. An Orange County family attorney can help you with asset separation to ensure that your rights are protected. Continue reading
As you strategics your divorce, your Orange County family lawyer will make suggestions that will help facilitate your transition to independent living. One of the most challenging aspects of a divorce is how to make this separation in as easy and painless a manner as possible. Continue reading
At the initial Detention Hearing, the Dependency Judge will make a determination whether or not the child should be detained. The Court will determine where the child will stay, whether visitation will be allowed and whether services will be provided. The mother, father and child will each be assigned their own attorney. Private counsel can also be retained to represent you in the dependency court. Continue reading
Many dependency cases alleging neglect are often initiated by reports made by individuals including witnesses, neighbors, family members or police. The report then triggers a visit by a social worker. Continue reading
Minimizing Conflict during Divorce
If you are facing a grueling and tiresome divorce, an Orange County child custody lawyer can provide not only legal advice, but sound counsel and wise guidance as well. No matter how hard couples try to avoid conflict during the divorce process, it is bound to arise and cause stressful situations. The best ways to handle conflict may differ from couple to couple, but the following tips may be helpful as you endure the lengthy dissolution process. Continue reading
Child Contact Guidelines after a Divorce
For many people, the toughest aspect of a divorce is figuring out how to manage the children while ensuring they have adequate time to spend with each parent. As your Orange County family attorney, I can vouch for the fact that, while difficult, managing the inherent emotional adjustment of living in separate homes is not impossible and your family can make it through these adjustments in a positive way. Continue reading
If you need assistance with child custody or other family law matters, attorney Bethanie Fanti can help. However, if an issue is in dispute, you need to be careful what you say, and where you say it. What you post on Facebook is permanent. While social networking sites may seem like ideal places to vent or air “dirty laundry,” comments you Tweet may come back to haunt you in Family Court. Continue reading
Family law attorney Bethanie Fanti can assist you with most any matter regarding divorce, custody, and support. In some instances a parent will need to bring an action in court against a person she claims is the father in order to gain child support. Continue reading