Questions families bring to our office

No, you can file on your own. Many people still meet with a lawyer once, to understand what they’d be agreeing to before they sign.

Read the date on them and call us the same day. Most papers have a deadline to answer or a hearing date, and missing it can cost you.

Yes. First meetings and most later ones can be by video, including in the evening by appointment. Hearings are sometimes by video too, depending on the court.

Aníbal Marichal, and the staff at our front desk. Roderick Griffith and Safiya Rahmat work in English, with a court interpreter at hearings when a client needs one.

In most family courts, yes, at no charge, if you ask ahead of time. We make that request for you when we file.

It depends on how much you and the other side agree on. After the first meeting you get a written range, and we tell you before the work would go past it.

Sometimes, when one spouse earns much more than the other. We tell you at the first meeting whether it’s worth asking for.

Parents can agree on a temporary schedule, or the court can set one at an early hearing. We help you propose one that keeps the children’s routine.

Yes, when something real has changed: a move, a new work schedule, a child’s needs. We tell you whether your change is likely to be enough.