San Francisco Divorce Attorneys

Our primary objective in representing divorce clients is to help you get through this difficult experience as quickly and painlessly as possible, while at the same time making sure that your core interests and goals are fully protected. In most cases, we're able to accomplish these purposes by means of negotiation and agreement, but whenever this approach appears to be futile, we'll litigate contested issues energetically and skillfully. For additional information about our ability to represent you in a divorce case, contact the San Francisco divorce lawyers at Bradshaw & Associates.

Among the specific problems that we can help you with in a divorce case are:

• Separate and Community Property Characterization Problems. We'll make a careful analysis of each party's claims to separate property and advise you as to your ability to establish the desired characterization as to any particular asset.

• Complex Property Distribution Problems. In divorces involving family business assets, multiple real estate holdings, a spouse's professional practice, or extensive retirement or investment accounts, problems of valuation and characterization can be difficult to resolve, and even locating hidden assets can be an added problem of considerable importance in a complex marital estate. At Bradshaw & Associates, we've worked with divorce cases involving marital assets valued at $100 million; our experience in handling the legal and evidentiary challenges of divorce on this scale can benefit the affluent client.

• Child Support and Child Custody. Contested issues in these areas are generally referred to mediation. We'll work with you to make sure that you understand your rights and obligations under the California Family Code and the child support guidelines, and make sure you're fully prepared to make the most of your mediation session. We also represent parents in proceedings to modify or enforce the terms of child support orders.

• Spousal Support or Alimony. Especially in long-term marriages, one spouse, most often the wife, is at a substantial disadvantage in terms of work experience or education in maintaining the standard of living that characterized the marriage. Whether you're on the receiving or paying end of alimony, our Bay Area spousal support attorneys can explain the considerations that go into a support award, and make a clear presentation of the factors that favor your position.

• Domestic Partnership Dissolution. If you're involved in the dissolution of a registered California domestic partnership, most of the procedures and considerations characteristic of divorce apply, unless the duration, assets, and debts incurred during the partnership qualify you for termination by a joint notice of dissolution filed with the Secretary of State.

• Contempt Proceedings. Such actions as moving a child out of state, transferring or hiding assets, or changing the terms of insurance policies during the pendency of a divorce case can expose the party at fault to an order of contempt of court, which can be punished by commitment to jail. We can represent either party to a divorce contempt motion

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For a free consultation about your particular divorce or dissolution problem, contact a San Francisco divorce lawyer at Bradshaw & Associates.