California Family Law legal questions and top-rated attorney answers

California Family Law questions and answers

• What should I do if I’ve been wrongly charged with domestic violence in California?

  Asked in Torrance, CA | June 25, 2014

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• What can I do if the mother of my child is making visitations really hard to deal with?

  Asked in Del Mar, CA | March 31, 2026

  By example if I don’t pick up the phone at the first ring when she calls she treats me with calling the police for a wellness check on my child or she is constantly calling him on a video call asking him to show her around my house and putting device trackers on him. Plus she always states I’m a bad father and that I have no rights or that she wants to replace me with her new partner. I have all this evidence on talking parents, the app the court gave us to communicate, plus she blocked me from her phone, preventing me from contacting my son.

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• What options are available to a California resident who is involved in an interstate or international custody dispute?

  Asked in Santa Barbara, CA | June 20, 2018

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• My 388 hearing was denied. The lawyer I had hired had filed the 388 papers the day before court. What do I do?

  Asked in Los Angeles, CA | July 22, 2026

  When I hired this lawyer, I was told that they’d get me reunification again and that I’d get my son back, but nothing happened. Very unprofessional. Filled 388 paperwork the day before court. And now I got my rights terminated. They appealed it, and that’s where I’m at. What do I do? I need my son back. I did everything that was in the case plan.

  Answered by 1 attorney

  

• Can I get sole custody of my child in California?

  Asked in Calabasas, CA | July 11, 2018

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• How can a domestic violence case be dismissed in San Diego, California?

  Asked in San Diego, CA | May 8, 2020

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• How can I get my possessions from the home my husband and I shared until he got a restraining order against me?

  Asked in Santa Clarita, CA | April 30, 2026

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• Is there anyway someone can help me put together a response to a RFO and parentage plan?

  Asked in San Diego, CA | June 16, 2026

  My child's father lives in Incline Village, NV Nov-May of every year, and then resides in San Diego May- October. Our son resides with me in San Diego primarily with current visitations on a court order the second weekend of every month. He is requesting more time, but only while he's in town, and requesting holidays and school breaks. My concern is that he hasn't been able to make his second weekend visits since Sept 2025. He has switched or canceled his parenting time, and I have allowed and have been accommodating to a certain degree with his schedule because I would like my son to have time. He won't agree with anything I suggest unless he suggests it. If I ask for a compromise or offer a separate solution, he takes me to court. He filed an ex parte in Feb because he wanted to take my son to Lake Tahoe, but the weather was terrible, and the roads were shut down. I have evidence of cancellations and a declaration I'd like to submit, but i don't know how.

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• How is child support determined in California?

  Asked in Rancho Cucamonga, CA | June 6, 2018

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• My neighbor filed a restraining order against me and I in return on them, I had not yet served them with.

  Asked in Yuba City, CA | May 29, 2026

  We had gone to court for their restraining order on me and asked that both cases be as one. So, court dated was changed to merge both cases together. I had not yet served the other party my restraining order against them. In the court document that I was given after court with the new court date ( CH-116 Order on Request to continue Hearing) section 6 Serving (Giving) Order to Other Party; (C-Court) is marked number 1- Further notice is not required. So, my question is do I still serve them my restraining order?

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• How can one parent take away parental rights from the other parent?

  Asked in Fresno, CA | June 22, 2026

  Mother of the children is seeking to take away parental rights from the Father of the children. Mother is getting married and wants Father to give up parental rights. Father lives out of state and pays child support. Mother will not allow Father to have any contact. Mother has even gone as far as to tell the children the Father is dead.

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• My 17 year old wants to move out before he turns 18 (Nov 2026). I have questions regarding this issue

  Asked in San Leandro, CA | June 24, 2026

  He wants to move out before he turns 18. How can I be affected if he is not living with me? Since he will not graduate until after he turns 18, am I still responsible for him until he graduates? Is there a legal way to keep him in the house until he graduates? What about financial responsibilities?

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