San Francisco Family Law Attorneys

If you need advice about establishing paternity, enforcing child support obligations, or asserting or denying the allegations of a domestic violence restraining order, contact the Bay Area family law attorneys at Bradshaw & Associates. We can give you the advice and procedural guidance you need to protect your interests and advance your family relationship goals.

Child Support and Child Custody. While many unmarried fathers are responsible for child support obligations, relatively few have taken steps to stabilize and secure their access to their children. In California, unless you have a court order recognizing a partial custody, parenting time, or visitation arrangement, for many important purposes you will be regarded as spending no time with your child at all - for example, without such an order, a judge ruling on your support payment will consider that you spend no custodial time with your child and will make you responsible for 100 percent of the child support obligation. We also help unmarried or divorced fathers with serious child support arrearages to arrange for a reasonable payment schedule, thereby avoiding or resolving problems with garnishment, driver's license problems, and even professional license renewals.

Paternity. Whether you're an unmarried mother seeking to establish a particular man's paternity of your child, or a father who doubts whether a child he is supporting or asked to support is actually his own, the San Francisco paternity lawyers at Bradshaw & Associates can advise you of your rights and the procedures involved in resolving the issue.

Domestic Violence Restraining Orders. In situations involving spousal abuse or family violence, our attorneys can advise you about the most effective way to state your case for a DVRO, or defend you in cases where you believe you're unfairly accused. We also represent parties in cases involving violation or enforcement of the restraining order. In divorce cases and child custody cases, defense of a domestic violence charge can be critically important, because your ability to get partial custody of your children is seriously threatened if a DVRO is outstanding against you.

Grandparents' Visitation. If you're concerned that your ability to enjoy a continuing relationship with your grandchildren is jeopardized by a divorce or a bad relationship between the children's unmarried parents, our San Francisco grandparents' rights attorneys can explain your options to you and help establish, with the support of at least one of the parents, that a continuing relationship with you is in the best interests of your grandchildren.

Same-sex Marriage. If you’re a same-sex couple contemplating exercising your fundamental right to marry, our San Francisco same-sex marriage hyperling to new same sex marriage page attorneys can explain the legal consequences of marriage as well as other considerations specific to your individual situation.

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For further information about our ability to help you with these or any other family law questions, contact the Bay Area family law attorneys at Bradshaw & Associates.