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• Carlsbad California Divorce Attorney and Divorce Mediation

  Thomas D. Ferreira Is Your Compassionate, Aggressive, Experienced Divorce, Child Custody and Support Lawyer and Mediator in San Diego, North County available when you need us, Monday – Saturday from 7am to 11pm. … dedicated to a solution-focused approach to all divorce, child custody, child support or alimony issues. Thomas provides legal representation before the North …

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• North County San Diego Child Custody and Divorce Lawyer/Mediator on Ways to Protect Your Children from Abuse and Harm

  What do you do if you’re the victim of spousal abuse, but you’re afraid that taking the children to an undisclosed location will run afoul of the California child abduction statute? As a child custody and visitation attorney and mediator, and also as a lawyer who deals with claims of domestic violence, I often get …

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• HOW TO WRITE DECLARATIONS FOR DIVORCE COURT HEARINGS: TIPS FROM AN EXPERT CHILD CUSTODY AND DIVORCE LAWYER

  In today’s economy, many separated and divorcing people face being their own lawyer at a California child support, child custody or alimony (spousal support) hearing. Whether your case is set in Vista, San Diego, El Cajon or Riverside, You may wonder, “how do I get support or child custody if I don’t have a huge …

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  Family Law Offices Thomas D. Ferreira Phone: (760) 990-4752 Fax: (760) 683-3212 2244 Faraday Ave, No. 115 Carlsbad, CA 92008 Contact us by email

• WHAT ABOUT BOB: TIPS FROM A FAMILY LAWYER ON HANDLING THE MANIPULATIVE EX

  One of my favorite movies is What About Bob, with Richard Dryfus as Dr. Leo Martin, a psychologist and author of a new bestseller (“Baby Steps“) and Bill Murray as Bob, the patient from hell. Bob convinces Dr. Martin’s whole family that he, Dr. Martin, is crazy, uncaring and self-absorbed, in the end turning his …

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• GETTING MORE TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN: MORE TIPS FROM A DIVORC(ED) LAWYER AND FATHER

  In this post, I’ll be giving you more ideas on how to lay the groundwork for success when you’re before Family Court Services, custody evaluators and even judges. Many of these decision makers got into this work because they care about children, and most want to see the type of parenting that their scientific studies and clinical training have told them is “good.”

• Non-Custodial Fathers You Are Important

  Many readers will be surprised to learn that throughout much of American history, the law presumed that children of divorce would be placed with fathers, not mothers. This presumption lasted through the late 19th century, with the advent of the industrial revolution. After that, society and the courts increasingly saw fathers as the source of …

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• DIVORCE BETTER

  The number 1 mistake made by the newly separated is that they act rashly based on high emotions.  They will often look for a lawyer who can use the divorce to punish their ex.  This pushes the case into high conflict in which the only winner is the lawyer, while the divorcing parties and children …

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• PROCEEDING WITHOUT A LAWYER: THE ANATOMY OF A DIVORCE PETITION

  This is the second installment in the series on doing your own divorce, if you have to. In the simple case, you can prepare much of the paperwork yourself, and use a lawyer for spot services, such as preparing complex pleadings, appearing at motion hearings or preparing a marital settlement agreement. You can use a mediator to assist you in negotiations with your spouse.

  To get started, click here to open the San Diego Dissolution Package. Then, click here for a sample Petition for Dissolution of Marriage, and print this out so that you can follow along. I’ll give you some tips that will prevent you from making several trips to the court clerk and getting documents returned. In later installments, I’ll cover the summons, service of papers, pre-trial motions and disclosures. You can use an attorney or contact my office if you get stuck.

• GETTING MORE TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN: 5 TIPS FROM A DIVORC(ED) LAWYER AND FATHER

  You may remember Bill Clinton’s slogan when he ran against the elder George Bush in 1992, “Its the economy, stupid.” In custody disputes, substitute the words “parent-child relationship,” and you have an excellent formula for influencing court mediators and judges, and getting more time with your children. Always remember that it’s a marathon, not a sprint, and the seeds you sow in relationship now are likely to bear fruit years later in the form of healthier, closer family relationships, and happier children.