Child Custody & Visitation
Our child custody attorneys at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, represent men, women, fathers and mothers throughout Orange County with issues involving child custody and child visitation.
We devote our practice to simultaneously protecting women’s rights and men’s rights as the Family Code’s policy is to encourage frequent and continuing contact with children and both parents in accordance with the child’s best interests. Custody and visitation issues arise as the result of a marriage and divorce, paternity action where a child or children are born from a relationship outside the marriage, or domestic partnership, adoption, or guardianship. Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP represent a mother or father, grandparent, stepparent, guardian, or other non-parent in their custody, visitation or custodial matter.
Compassionate Orange County Child Custody Attorney
As experienced Orange County child custody and visitation attorneys, we will explain the difference between joint legal custody and sole legal custody. Legal custody involves decisions concerning a child or children’s health, safety, education, school, extracurricular activities, religion or religious practices, medical decisions and other issues concerning welfare.
Obtaining primary physical custody or increased visitation is extremely important. We will work with you to obtain custody orders and additional visitation orders to include designation of a child’s primary residence and visitation schedule, including certain weekday or weekdays, overnights, weekends or alternating weekends, holidays, birthdays, father’s day and mother’s day, summers, vacations, and other significant events according to your children’s best interests.
Keep in mind that physical custody and a parent’s timeshare also directly impacts the amount of child support paid to a parent.
Our attorneys are also experienced in move-away trials and requests for interstate and intrastate move-aways, including out of state and out of county move away requests. We have litigated cases where a parent’s move-away request involved parental alienation and a desire to alienate the non-custodial parent’s time with the children.
Finally, our attorneys and paralegals will prepare you for mediation with Family Court Services. Your knowledge of the mediation process and preparation for mediation is extremely important when working towards obtaining a custody agreement. Our experienced attorneys will provide you with the mindset and skills necessary to make the mediation process less intimidating and more successful.
Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP
Orange County Divorce Lawyers
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