Richard Helzberg | San Rafael Divorce & Family Law Lawyer

In an interstate custody case, working with out-of-state counsel and in state counsel regarding authenticity of documents, the result was the father of the 3 children of the parties was ordered to return them to their mother -my client- in another state, within 24 hours, and did so.

A father with a 3 year-old daughter came to me. His former wife would only allow him to see her on Sunday afternoons when she was present.  At a hearing remarkable because the judge actually took a break during the hearing due to her frustration with opposing counsel, the Court made a temporary order pending custody mediation ratcheting visitation up to 50% in six weeks, which later became the custody order.

Custody cases can be the most rewarding or the most frustrating or agonizing.  That work has the most value in what I do.   Early in my practice I represented the father of a 9 year-old child.  The father is an alcoholic in recovery the mother an alcoholic who has moved with the child to another state pending a custody trial. We were able to get the child here for a summer visit, and file a motion for custody.  The mother requested a continuance, for the third time.  I told the Court we needed an order, now.  The judge left the bench for 10 minutes and came back and told us he was granting our order.
An hour or so later, my client showed up at my office with his son- who looked at me, walked up to me with his hand extended, and said: "Thank you, Mr. Helzberg."

Most often a potential client and I can resolve whether I can help pretty quickly.  I will have a lot of questions and so will she or he, but it really does not take that long to get a sense of whether we should keep talking.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney	Law Offices of Richard Helzberg		1992 – Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	Law School	1965
University of Michigan	Bachelor of Arts	Economics	1962

State / Court	Date
Federal	1976
California	1976

• Member, Marin County Bar Association
  Co-Chair, Marin County Family Law Section
  Member, Marin County Custody Committee
  Member, California State Bar Association

• http://helzberglaw.com/documents/HelzbergArticle.pdf, California Lawyer, June 2011

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