Your Parental Rights
Backed by 100+ Years' Experience
Your Parental Rights
At the Burch Shepard Family Law Group, family law is the exclusive focus of our experienced attorneys and staff. Questions about parental rights arise literally every day in divorce cases, as well as after and outside of divorce. Our in-depth knowledge of California statutes and case law enables us to provide clear, dependable guidance regardless of the complexity of the situation.
Informed Legal Counsel For Loving, Concerned Mothers And Fathers
Perhaps the most important concept to grasp when any dispute involving children arises is that the court prioritizes the best interests of the child. All efforts to obtain a certain custody arrangement in divorce, modify custody or visitation or stop a parental relocation, for example, must be based on that principle rather than the mother's, father's or other parties' judgments or desires.
People seeking to protect their children's well-being and assert their own parental rights turn to us for education, support and insight. Our Orange County family law attorneys support and work within laws that treat mothers' rights and fathers' rights as equally important, although we are also realistic attorneys who know that perspectives and patterns differ between various courts and officials.
Skilled Representation In Divorce, Paternity And Child Protection Matters
Our Newport Beach parental rights attorneys take a balanced yet aggressive approach to matters, including:
Disputes over child custody and visitation, whether as one critical issue in a contested divorce or under other circumstances after or outside any marital dissolution.
Post-divorce modifications of custody, visitation, child support and certain other orders.
Paternity actions, from establishing proof of parentage to resolving issues of visitation rights and child support as favorably as possible for our client.
We will do all we can to help you make sound decisions and take the most effective legal action.
Whether you need protection of your parental rights in a complex high net worth divorce or need to take legal action to ensure continued involvement with a child, we encourage you to call us at (949) 565-4158 and schedule a consultation.
“Thank you for all of your guidance and support through this journey!”
I just wanted to send you a HUGE thank you for all of your support through this process. I am thrilled with the outcome today and so relieved that this is coming to a close. Thank you for all of your guidance and support through this journey.
Former Client
“I would not hesitate to recommend Courtney Shepard and her team to anyone in need of quality representation in their divorce.”
“They made the divorce process so much less stressful than it could have been. I would not hesitate to recommend Courtney Shepard and her team to anyone in need of quality representation in their divorce.”
Former Client
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“True brilliance in action is a site to behold. At this point I am comfortable with everything she was able to help me with, and I know that she will be the first call I make, if I have any other future issues that require the courts intervention.”
Former Client
“THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING.”
I am thankful for a attorney Robert, for his wonderful representation. His professionalism, and the way he carries himself with so much authority and knowledge is making this process run Smoothly. The delay in the process has given my children and I time, space, peace of mind and the healing we needed so much, thank you. God knows the right timing and the right results and He sends us the right persons to work things out. You are all a team of wonderful people. Thank you.
For a consultation with an Orange County attorney at the Burch Shepard Family Law Group, call (949) 565-4158 or contact us online.
Community Resources:
A variety of nonprofit social services agencies provide counseling services to divorcing families in the areas of domestic violence, marriage, family and children, and drug and alcohol abuse. Legal assistance is also available. For a list of these community resources, please contact Family Court Services at 714-935-6550.
Books To Help Divorcing Parents And Their Children:
My Mom and Dad Are Getting a Divorce by Florence Bienenfeld
Mom's House, Dad's House by Isolina Ricci, Ph.D.
Co-Parenting by Miriam Galper
When Living Hurts by Gordon Sol
Megan's Book of Divorce: A Kid's Book for Adults by Eric Jong
Child Custody: Building Agreements That Work by Mimi E. Lyster
The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals by Richard A. Gardner, M.D.
