Protecting the Relationships You Have With Your Children
With each parent believing they know what's best for their children, the issues of child custody and parenting time (visitation) can be difficult to resolve.
At Gibbs & Fuerst, LLP, we strive to protect your children from divorce-related harm as much as possible while working to secure the relationship and role you want to play in your children's future. Wherever possible, we seek to resolve the differences between you and your spouse through negotiation or mediation. That being said, we also understand how important this issue is and are fully prepared to protect your interests in court, if necessary.
Our family law practice is limited to Riverside County. Here, our experience, reputation for quality work, credibility within this legal community, and familiarity with local judges combine to consistently produce satisfying results in child custody matters.
Child Custody in California
If you and your spouse cannot reach an out-of-court solution, the court will have broad discretion in determining what type of custody and parenting time arrangement is in the best interests of your children. Generally speaking, courts tend to favor equal or nearly equal joint custody arrangements. However, sometimes work schedules or distances between the parents' separate residences make an equal timeshare impossible. It is important that understand the criteria the court will use is setting up a parenting time arrangement. The amount of time each parent spends with their children also affects the amount of child support the court will order.
In addition to resolving custody and visitation matters as part of the divorce process, our attorneys handle a number of related legal needs as well, including child support, paternity, post-divorce modifications, and custodial parent relocation (move away) cases.
Experience, Knowledge and Integrity You Can Depend On
We offer free initial consultations and we accept major credit cards. To speak to an experienced attorney regarding a child custody or visitation issue, call our main office in the Murrieta-Temecula area at 951-813-2614, or contact us online and we will call you or respond to your e-mail shortly.
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