- DivorceAndie is a third-year law student on track to accomplish her goal of becoming a family law attorney. She uncovered her passion for family-related areas of practice during her first year of law school. Since then, Andie has taken advantage of every opportunity to gain practical experience in her chosen field. While in school, Andie clerked at a family law firm in Newport Beach specializing in divorce mediations and at a law firm in Laguna Beach focusing on specialized areas relating to children. As a 2L, Andie served as a judicial extern at Lamoreaux Justice Center in Orange County, where she gained valuable insight examining trial issues, observing oral arguments, and researching and drafting memoranda on family law issues.
- Child SupportLet’s start at the extreme end of the spectrum where the parents are getting along. It is absolutely true that some parents of children can talk to each other and they can decide amongst each other exactly what the visitation schedules are gonna be, which parent the child’s gonna generally live with, and where they’re gonna go to school. They’re able to work out holiday schedules together, everybody gets along and they might even be able to discuss how much child support mom or dad needs or whatever, and how much they can afford. They work together to figure out how much child support is going to be paid every month, and then maybe even one month money is super tight and mom can only afford half the child support, but dad doesn’t take her to court immediately and mom makes it up on the next month or in the next couple of months, you know, whatever.
- Child Custody and VisitationThe best and most flexible child custody and schedules are typically decided by the parents themselves. In Orange County, California – like in many other jurisdictions – if parents cannot decide on a visitation schedule on their own, they will be required to go through a mediation process before they are allowed to go before a judge. If the parents still cannot work out a visitation schedule they can both live with, the court will decide for them, which usually results in an outcome that one or both of the parties is unhappy with.
- PaternityThere are also many other family law issues that we help our clients with, such as paternity cases, annulments, domestic violence, grandparent rights, and more. If you are involved in a Family Law matter, please look around our website for more information and videos on a number of different topics. We know you will have questions, if you are comfortable with talking to a Family Law Attorney, call us, we truly are happy to talk to you.
- GuardianshipWhen Mr. W hire us, he had a history of serious drug abuse but had been sober for a short time. Our client’s sister brough a guardianship case to take custody of his children. Luckily, our client’s parents stepped in to assist with the attorneys fees and parenting help as grandparents. We were able, even under the drug charges, to keep custody of the children with our client. He stayed sober and after a year-long battle, we were able to secure full permanent custody to our client. Our client is a great father. He is also strong, happy and still sober today.
- Spousal SupportThis is a great, but very fact-specific question. However the answer is actually quite simple. First, you should know that virtually every single “payor” of spousal support says they can’t afford the payment, and some really can’t. And, you should know that virtually every single “payee” of spousal support complains that the amount they are paid is not enough to live on.
- Legal SeparationLegal separation is frequently a pragmatic alternative to divorce. In some married couples’ lives, divorce is simply not an option, with common reasons that include...
- AnnulmentUnbundled services are an emerging area of law; if you simply need to hire an attorney to help you file a document, or to help you prepare a motion, we are happy to do that as well. We can also help with you with issues of Domestic Violence, as well as Annulment, Visitations, or any family law and divorce related legal case.
- Child AbuseIf you lost custody of your kids because there was spousal abuse and not child abuse, then you should also complete the anger management class. But you should also take classes online that discuss and help with high conflict divorces or high conflict relationships between the parents. That is another great class to take. And frankly, you will learn things from both of these classes.
- Criminal DefenseTraveled around the world following Master’s Degree, and worked in East and South Asian countries of Indonesia and BangladeshWorked as a law clerk with numerous law firms during JD, acquiring experience in corporate law, real property law, and criminal law
- Drug Crimes
- Restraining OrderIf a judge grants your request for a restraining order, the judge can only make that restraining order last for a maximum of five years. California Family Code Section 6345(a).
- Corporate Law
- Business DisputesDuring JD, served as an Officer to the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, and Member of the Business Law Association, the Criminal Law Association, and the Women’s Law Association
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Personal InjuryAt Pinkham & Associates, we have acquired a deep knowledge and authoritative expertise in handling divorce and family law cases in Orange County, California because that is our sole area of practice for the last 20 years. We do not distract ourselves by dabbling into any or all kinds of areas of law. For example, we refuse to accept cases related to personal injury, criminal law, bankruptcy, or any other area. Our firm has steadfastly continued to focus only on divorce and family cases all these years. As a result, Pinkham & Associates has acquired the skills, knowledge and experience as a specialist in this area, and built an outstanding reputation as a family law and divorce law firm with a very high success rate.
- Estate PlanningLiby Mendoza is an experienced and dedicated paralegal and law office manager. In the nearly 20 years since she began her professional career, Liby has honed her skills in handling paralegal functions related to Family Law, Estate Planning, Litigation, and Probate.
- Bankruptcy