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How Domestic Violence Impacts Child Custody

California Family Code section 3044 can significantly impact your child custody orders should the court find that one parent abused the other. Attorney Brian Pakpour explains how in this video posted to TikTok. @brithefamilyguy ##answer to beegeemarie Domestic violence and child custody. ##domesticviolence ##californialaw ##familylaw ##familycourt ##childcustody ♬ deja vu – Olivia Rodrigo

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Mediation in Child Custody and Visitation Disputes

Each county differs on their procedures, but typically you will get from the family court an appointment to meet with a mediator at the family court. You will oftentimes be asked, or even required, to attend an orientation class before the mediation. The mediators in Yolo, Sacramento, Placer, and all other “recommending counties,” will listen to you and the...

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Why Can’t I Just Take the Kids and Leave? ‘Move Aways’ and California’s Child Custody Laws

California has one of the biggest alien populations in the country. Some of those aliens are from other countries. Many are from other states across the U.S. That is why so-called “move away” cases are very common in California family courts when parents dispute child custody. Whether before divorce, long after divorce, or whether it involves parents who were...

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Lost Boys: Parental Rights, and California Child Custody Law

Here’s the scenario: Mom and Dad long to have a child. “Traditional methods” don’t work. The unmarried couple decides instead to utilize in vitro fertilization, using a licensed California clinic. The procedure works and mom gives birth to a son. Fast forward three years. Mom and Dad decide to part ways. Dad wants to share custody. Mom wants to give dad no...

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