Pasadena, Glendale Divorce and Family Law Firm Practice Areas
The Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer is a divorce and family law firm that helps families in Pasadena, Glendale, and throughout Southern California deal with the complex and emotionally-charged issues that can arise for a variety of reasons. As a Certified Specialist in Family Law through the California Board of Legal Specialization, the goal of principal attorney Donald P. Schweitzer includes offering compassionate and skilled legal support that exceeds the skills offered by other Pasadena divorce law firms.
Our Areas of Practice
- Divorce: We believe the responsibility of Pasadena divorce law firms involves more than just applying legal and procedural expertise for clients in Glendale and throughout Southern California. Each family situation involves unique individuals with specialized needs, and we take the time to develop a detailed understanding of your specific case before recommending a customized solution to resolve your issues.
- High Asset Divorce: Emotions can run high as complex issues create significant challenges to finding an equitable division of valuable property between divorcing parties. Our high asset divorce attorneys in Pasadeana and Glendale have extensive experience accurately characterizing non-marital and community property, retrieving hidden assets, and helping protect the rights of clients, regardless of the complexity of the family estate.
- Collaborative Divorce: Divorcing parties can often retain greater control over the outcome of their divorce settlement through several alternate dispute resolution methods. Collaborative divorce enlists the aid of a team of individuals who specialize in the areas of concern appropriate for each family. By working with a customized team of specialists, many couples committed to settling their issues out of court can resolve their issues fairly and efficiently.
- Child custody: Perhaps the most contentious issue of most divorces involves determining legal and physical custody of the children. In most situations, the children need the love and support of both parents, and even in joint custody, an absolutely equal division of time between both parents seldom represents reality. Our attorneys provide an objective vision that helps develop a custody situation that works for the whole family.
- Child support: Regardless of the child custody provisions in a final divorce decree, both parents have an equal obligation to address the financial needs of the children. But situations change after divorce—the non-custodial parent may lose a job, move out of state, or even receive a financial windfall. By law, you cannot make informal changes to your agreement. Our attorneys can help you address changes and enforce agreements within the legal system.
- Domestic violence: Any time one or more family members in San Gabriel or anywhere in Southern California experiences physical harm at the hands of another family member, you must take immediate action to stop it. You can deal directly with the police, or seek the assistance of domestic violence law firms to help ensure you get the protection you need. The attorneys at our domestic violence law firm have a unique combination of family and criminal law experience. We can help victims obtain restraining orders to separate them from their abusers.
- Domestic abuse: Our domestic abuse law firm helps families facing any form of abuse, including physical violence, verbal abuse, written threats, and any act that instills fear in victims and that may precede physical harm. Domestic abuse law firms in San Gabriel and throughout Southern California often require special insight to convince law enforcement that physical harm is imminent. With a background as a police officer and Deputy District attorney, our founder provides unique insight as a domestic violence lawyer.
Compassionate Support for Sensitive Family Law Issues
Call us today and find out how we can be of service to you. We serve clients in Pasadena, Los Angeles, Alhambra, Arcadia, San Marino, Monrovia, Glendale, La Canada, and elsewhere in Southern California. If you need help with family law issues, contact the Law Offices of Donald P. Schweitzer.
