Divorce is stressful for all those involved, especially children. Often, children are forced to let go of one parent and are sometimes required to adjust to a parent's new spouse. Single parents in Oakland may agree that single parenting is difficult and frustrating...
In a divorce case in California, or anywhere else in the United States, children frequently suffer more than anyone. The situation becomes very difficult when the parents get involved in a long, drawn-out battle involving child support and child custody. Many...
Bay Area residents who visited our website may remember a previous post about grandparents' visitation rights under California law. The post discussed the circumstances in which grandparents can file for visitation rights and the factors courts will consider when...
Residents of California would probably agree that most grandparents wish to spend time with their grandchildren. However, legal provisions prevent many grandparents from filing for visitation rights in order to spend quality time with their grandchild.Under California...
Divorce can hit children hard. While their parents engage in a war of words, children are often afraid of their future. Seeing their parents fight and left with uncertainty about their future living arrangements, children are often left feeling insecure and worried.In...
Any parent in California who has gone through a divorce know that it can be very difficult on the children. Children often find it difficult to adjust to their parents no longer living together under the same roof. In the best interests of the child, California courts...
When a divorce leads to a battle, children typically turn out to be the losers. As parents engage in a war of words during the course of a divorce, children can be emotionally and psychologically wounded. And this is true throughout the country, including in...
Child custody in California is not just limited to parents of a child or an unrelated caregiver in their absence. Federal law also allows the court to consider giving custody to relative over an unrelated caregiver when it determines placement of the child. The court,...
A custody dispute over a child in California can be resolved with the help of the Family Dispute Resolution Program. The FDR at the Center for Families, Children & the Courts assists, trains, supports and consults with court programs and also serves families in...
Under certain circumstances, California laws allow for a change in child custody order. One or both parents may seek to change a child custody order, due to a variety of reasons such as an increase in the age of the child, or his or her changing needs, activities and...
