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New Title Helps Lawyers Avoid Custody Litigation Minefields
OAKLAND, CALIF.—With the complexities that exist concerning child custody law and the increasing wave of custody litigation by nonparents, it is crucial that family law and civil litigation attorneys avoid any missteps in their practice. CEB has just published a new resource to help attorneys-even those who handle only a limited number of these cases-utilize important custody concepts and doctrines. California Child Custody Litigation and Practice, a brand new title from Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), provides succinct yet thorough coverage of concepts in child custody and visitation litigation and offers an understanding of how the important elements fit together to enable an attorney to handle a custody matter to the fullest. The authors include many well-respected family law litigators who are Certified Family Law Specialists.
Highlights:
Explains rules for California jurisdiction to obtain initial orders, modifications, and enforcement of orders/judgments
Covers situations involving children brought into or who have moved away from California
Chapter on handling parental relocation ("move away") cases
Chapter on visitation by grandparents, stepparents, and other third parties
Explains custody mediation, evaluation, and use of psychologists in custody litigation
Mediation is a common way to resolve disagreements regarding child custody and visitation.
If parents cannot agree on child custody and visitation, most states require them to participate in a mediation session to work out a plan. If the mediation fails, the parents can pursue litigation of unresolved issues.
Definition:
In certain cases, the court orders that an adult supervisor is present during the non-custodial parent's visitation time.
Child support
Definition:
Child support is payed by one spouse for the upbringing of the children.
Change of circumstances
Definition:
This refers to the court's anticipation that circumstances, especially a child's decision with whom to live, might change over the course of time. Therefore, change of circumstances refers to the ability to change custody orders if it can be proven that t
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Mediation is a common way to resolve disagreements regarding child custody and visitation.
