Category Archives: California Family Law

Los Angeles & Orange County Curfew Law

Guest Post On Los Angeles & Orange County Curfew Laws OC & LA curfew law, is a curfew that kind of like sweeps children under eighteen from the streets of California. The curfew starts either at 10pm or at 11pm depending on the city and ends at 5am. During this time any minor aged child…

How to Win Sole Legal Custody in LA Family Law Courts

Sole legal custody means that you will have the “right and the responsibility to make the decisions relating to the health, education, and welfare of a child” according to CA Family Code Section 3006. This generally means decisions regarding where your child or children will go to school, who will be their pediatrician, and other…

How to prove your case for a California Restraining Order

             a.      Types of Orders In California there are generally three options of Restraining Orders, Civil Harassment, Domestic Violence, and Elder or Dependent Adult abuse.  Each option deals specifically with the type of relationship shared between the person asking for protection, referred under the law as the Petitioner, and the…

Protecting Yourself Against False Charges of Domestic Violence

Being charged with Domestic Violence can have devastating consequences on you and your family.  False allegations of domestic violence usually arise when a couple is going through a bitter divorce or contested child custody proceeding.  In California, family law courts will consider domestic violence convictions in determining which parent receives primary custody.  More importantly, a domestic violence restraining order (CLETS)…

Cleaning up a California Criminal Record

As a California Criminal Defense Lawyer I get calls every day from people looking to clean up their criminal record.   Cleaning up a California criminal record can done for many reasons.   Most of the time the motivation to do something about an old criminal conviction in California comes from one of following factors: 1-Employment-Cleaning up…