Posts Tagged ‘attorney’
The Power of Active Listening in Mediation
Active listening is a crucial skill for mediators that can greatly impact the outcome of a mediation session. Here’s why: 1. Building Trust and Rapport: Active listening demonstrates respect and empathy, creating a safe and supportive environment for all parties involved. It helps build trust and rapport, allowing participants to feel heard and understood. 2.…
Read MoreNavigating Difficult Emotions in Mediation
Mediation can be an emotional process for all parties involved. Here are some strategies to help navigate those challenging emotions: 1. Create a Safe and Supportive Environment: Establish an atmosphere of trust and respect, allowing participants to express their emotions freely. Encourage active listening and empathy to foster understanding. 2. Validate Emotions: Acknowledge and validate…
Read MorePaternity Testing and Questions You Might Have Had
You have questions about paternity testing because you worry about your custody case and the role that you play in your child’s life. This is why we want to answer all of your questions so that you know how to move forward with your case. Today we will help you understand many aspects of your…
Read MoreMy Ex—Spouse is Not Abiding By the Custody Order, What Can I Do?
When you go in front of the mediator or a judge in your custody case, you receive a custody order that explains where the child should go, who makes decision for your child, and so much more. Consider this: Your ex-spouse receives a copy of the custody order detailing every bit of their visitation, but…
Read MoreHow to Regain Child Custody After You Have Lost Rights
How do you regain child custody of a child that you love in your life? Perhaps you are the noncustodial parent of a child and you have not been able to have proper time with your child or visitation has been cut off for a variety of reasons, and now you want to try to…
Read MoreAdoption Procedures: What Happens From a Legal Level
If you are looking into the adoption process, you have to look at things from a legal level and consider adoption procedures. There are many basic procedures used in many types of adoption. This ranges everywhere from consent to adoption, to an investigation of adoptive parents, to a court process and more. Basic Adoption Procedures…
Read MoreShould I Have an Attorney for Establishing Child Support?
When it comes to child support, the help is out there so that no child gets left behind when it comes to finances to care for them. Child support is a way for a custodial parent to receive money from their ex-spouse or partner that helps them care for their children in every aspect, from…
Read MoreHow Do You Best Prepare for a Child Support Hearing?
Here’s everyone’s fear: They’re going to walk into a child support hearing completely uninformed or unprepared, and get results they didn’t want. The truth is, there are many aspects that go into child support, which is why you want to do it right. This is why it always helps to speak with a family law…
Read MoreIs the Child’s Preference Ever Considered in Divorce?
California Family Code Section 3042 states that a child that is of “sufficient age and capacity to reason” can sometimes form an intelligent preference as to custody and visitation. The court will sometimes take a look at what the child’s preferences are if they are at least 14 years old or older. If they are…
Read MoreWhen You Have to Choose a Guardian For Your Child: An FAQ
When a child’s parents are dead or incapacitated, it can sometimes turn into an emergency situation. The court wants somebody to be there for the children under the circumstances, and if a parent did not choose a guardian already, this can become a complicated matter. Today we will go over some of the aspects that…
Read MoreI Have an Individual Bank Account… Is It Joint Property?
As you probably already know if you are going through a divorce, joint bank accounts = joint property. Many people question whether or not they should remove their half of the money when they have a joint bank account, but what about those who have an individual account? Is your spouse entitled to any of…
Read MoreDivision of Assets: Transmutation, Commingling, and More
When you are going through divorce and want to separate assets, there are many things you may have to consider and talk to with your attorney. There may be concepts you are not familiar with, such as appreciation of assets, transmutation of separate property, and commingling separate property. We can help you understand these assets…
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