Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP excels in representing family law clients throughout Southern California. They offer a private and confidential initial meeting free of charge. Their Santa Ana divorce lawyers are experienced in handling and excelling in all areas of family law litigation, negotiation and mediation. They believe that the best strategy to succeed in all cases includes extensive preparation, knowledge of the law, and utilizing the experience that achieved the best results for their past clients with similar situations.

They provide the following family law services:

* Divorce – Dissolution of marriage and domestic partnership dissolution
* Legal Separation – Separation of finances while remaining married
* Child Custody and Child Visitation – Involves both legal and physical custody, mediation, move-aways, enforcement, post-judgment modification and creating parenting plans tailored to meet the best interests of children
* Child Support and Spousal Support – Includes temporary (Pendente lite) guideline child support, child support modification, temporary spousal support, permanent spousal support, and modification or termination of spousal support
* Pre-Nuptial and Post-nuptial agreements – Involves all aspects of a premarital agreement, postmarital agreement for marriage as well as cohabitation agreements and domestic partnership agreements
* Paternity suits – Issues involved with children born to unmarried parents, paternity tests, child support, custody, visitation, name change, costs of pregnancy, and wage garnishments
* Division of Marital Property – Involves division of community property, separate property, reimbursement, Epstein credits, business valuations, and quasi-community property estate
* Domestic Partnerships – Includes dissolution (termination) of domestic partnerships, spousal support, separate property, quasi-marital property, adoptions, and custody or visitation
* Post-Divorce (Post-Judgment) Modifications or Enforcement – Involves post judgment modifications of child support, child custody or child visitation with changed circumstances as well as enforcement of support and collection of support arrears
* Adoptions – Involves parental consent to a stepparent adoption, step-parent adoptions, petition for freedom of parental custody, abandonment, and name changes
* Annulments or Nullity – Involves annulment of marriage because such marriage was void voidable based on fraud, incapacity, bigamy as well as putative spouse issues
* Guardianships – Involve guardianship of the person or guardianship of the estate, or both. Co-guardians can also apply for orders concerning the best interests of a child or power to manage money, obtain healthcare or insurance coverage
* Domestic violence and restraining orders – Involves temporary restraining orders (TRO) and protective orders (PO), emergency protective orders (EPO) based on either physical abuse, emotional abuse, harassment, an arrest, jail, stalking or other abusive behavior
* Department of Child Support Service (DCSS) Family Support division (FSD), or the County, deals with child support, child support arrears, collection of past due child support, suspension of driver’s license for unpaid support, bank account levy and other child support matters.

Contact them today for a free consultation.