The state must protect the child. You will be assigned an attorney in the dependency proceedings, but a private attorney may be more available. You...

The name change should be simple, as my colleagues have noted. In Riverside County, these are filed in the same court as the small claims matters....

If she just moved, you may be able to file in California because she has not established residency in Arizona. For California, you cannot file...

A verbal agreement is nothing. It counts for nothing and is not enforceable. If it is written down, then it is not a verbal agreement. The document...

You should have met with an experienced trial attorney the first week your wife left and refused to let you see the children. The second best time...

You need to sit down with an experienced family law trial attorney because this is likely going to go to trial as a move-away case. The move-away...

There are attorneys that send out boilerplate discovery, which is improper, that is not specific to the facts of the case. The maximum time for...

This is actually a criminal question because you are dealing with a criminal protective order (CPO.) You also need to understand the psychology of...

You did not bring the charges, the district attorney's office did. The law does not ask victims to "press charges" because they will often decline...

Assuming this is family court (sounds like it) and not criminal court, you can file a 473(b) motion to request the dismissal, but you have limited...