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Deborah Hannah Wald

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Family Law for the 21st Century.

In addition to a strong general knowledge of family law, Ms. Wald has three specific areas of expertise: assisted reproduction law, parentage law and ... (more)

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88 Kearny St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Debra R. Schoenberg

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Divorce & Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements

Boutique Family Law Firm in San Francisco

Debra Schoenberg's long and distinguished career has been exclusively dedicated to the practice of family law. More than 20 years ago, she establis... (more)

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800-781-8440

575 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94105

Alden Knisbacher

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Divorce & Family Law, Employment, Immigration, Litigation

Tenacious, compassionate, ethical attorney

Alden Knisbacher has been practicing law in the Bay Area since 1994. Mr. Knisbacher represents individuals and small business in various litigation in... (more)

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800-915-5211

1736 Franklin Street, Oakland, CA 94612

Samuel Pooler

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Divorce & Family Law, Bankruptcy & Debt, DUI-DWI

The Law Office of Samuel L. Pooler is a full service legal service provider that is at your service, day or night. I offer reliable advice and represe... (more)

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212 9th Street, Oakland, CA 94607

Deborah Dubroff

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Family Law

Practicing family law exclusively - Settlement-oriented/ Trial-ready

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1939 Harrison St, Oakland, CA 94612

Elaine L. Morinelli

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Divorce & Family Law, Custody & Visitation, Intellectual Property, Corporate, Business Organization

Morinelli & Lieberman Law Group

MORINELLI & LIEBERMAN LAW GROUP has been serving the legal needs of people in the Bay Area for over 28 years. We can make your legal problems understa... (more)

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800-935-9540

6009 Buena Ventura, Oakland, CA 94605

Thomas Joshua Ogas

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Criminal, Divorce & Family Law, Accident & Injury, Lawsuit, Juvenile Law

East Bay Law Firm handling a variety of legal issues

Thomas Ogas practices criminal law and general litigation. He has been a criminal defense attorney for more than fifteen years. In that time he has p... (more)

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800-716-5801

1515 Aurora Dr., San Leandro, CA 94577

Ronald Stuart Galasi

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Mr. Galasi is an attorney with over 40 years of experience; his areas of practice include, but are not limited to: Litigation, Criminal Law, Family L... (more)

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800-587-5020

55 West Fifth Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94402

Louis J. Goodman

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Criminal, Domestic Violence & Neglect, White Collar Crime, DUI-DWI

I am not here to judge. I am here to help. Many people charged with a crime feel that the future is bleak. Let me show you that you have choices, and ... (more)

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INJUNCTION

A court decision that is intended to prevent harm--often irreparable harm--as distinguished from most court decisions, which are designed to provide a remedy fo... (more...)

A court decision that is intended to prevent harm--often irreparable harm--as distinguished from most court decisions, which are designed to provide a remedy for harm that has already occurred. Injunctions are orders that one side refrain from or stop certain actions, such as an order that an abusive spouse stay away from the other spouse or that a logging company not cut down first-growth trees. Injunctions can be temporary, pending a consideration of the issue later at trial (these are called interlocutory decrees or preliminary injunctions). Judges can also issue permanent injunctions at the end of trials, in which a party may be permanently prohibited from engaging in some conduct--for example, infringing a copyright or trademark or making use of illegally obtained trade secrets. Although most injunctions order a party not to do something, occasionally a court will issue a 'mandatory injunction' to order a party to carry out a positive act--for example, return stolen computer code.

GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE

Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or ... (more...)

Legal reasons for requesting a divorce. All states require a spouse who files for divorce to state the grounds, court and whether requesting a fault divorce or a no-fault divorce.

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

A document that provides proof of a marriage, typically issued to the newlyweds a few weeks after they file for the certificate in a county office. Most states ... (more...)

A document that provides proof of a marriage, typically issued to the newlyweds a few weeks after they file for the certificate in a county office. Most states require both spouses, the person who officiated the marriage and one or two witnesses to sign the marriage certificate; often this is done just after the ceremony.

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT (FMLA)

A federal law that requires employers to provide an employee with 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a year's time for the birth or adoption of a child, family hea... (more...)

A federal law that requires employers to provide an employee with 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a year's time for the birth or adoption of a child, family health needs or personal illness. The employer must allow the employee to return to the same position or a position similar to that held before taking the leave. There are exceptions to the FMLA: the most notable is that only employers with 50 or more employees are covered--about half the workforce.

QUALIFIED MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDER (QMSCO)

A court order that provides health benefit coverage for the child of the noncustodial parent under that parent's group health plan.

CRUELTY

Any act of inflicting unnecessary emotional or physical pain. Cruelty or mental cruelty is the most frequently used fault ground for divorce because as a practi... (more...)

Any act of inflicting unnecessary emotional or physical pain. Cruelty or mental cruelty is the most frequently used fault ground for divorce because as a practical matter, courts will accept minor wrongs or disagreements as sufficient evidence of cruelty to justify the divorce.

STEPCHILD

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological ... (more...)

A child born to your spouse before your marriage whom you have not legally adopted. If you adopt the child, he or she is legally treated just like a biological offspring. Under the Uniform Probate Code, followed in some states, a stepchild belongs in the same class as a biological child and will inherit property left 'to my children.' In other states, a stepchild is not treated like a biological child unless he or she can prove that the parental relationship was established when he or she was a minor and that adoption would have occurred but for some legal obstacle.

FAULT DIVORCE

A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The 'innocent' spouse was then granted the divorc... (more...)

A tradition that required one spouse to prove that the other spouse was legally at fault, to obtain a divorce. The 'innocent' spouse was then granted the divorce from the 'guilty' spouse. Today, 35 states still allow a spouse to allege fault in obtaining a divorce. The traditional fault grounds for divorce are adultery, cruelty, desertion, confinement in prison, physical incapacity and incurable insanity. These grounds are also generally referred to as marital misconduct.

JOINT CUSTODY

An arrangement by which parents who do not live together share the upbringing of a child. Joint custody can be joint legal custody (in which both parents have a... (more...)

An arrangement by which parents who do not live together share the upbringing of a child. Joint custody can be joint legal custody (in which both parents have a say in decisions affecting the child) joint physical custody (in which the child spends a significant amount of time with both parents) or, very rarely, both.

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