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New Title Helps Lawyers Avoid Custody Litigation Minefields
OAKLAND, CALIF.—With the complexities that exist concerning child custody law and the increasing wave of custody litigation by nonparents, it is crucial that family law and civil litigation attorneys avoid any missteps in their practice. CEB has just published a new resource to help attorneys-even those who handle only a limited number of these cases-utilize important custody concepts and doctrines. California Child Custody Litigation and Practice, a brand new title from Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB), provides succinct yet thorough coverage of concepts in child custody and visitation litigation and offers an understanding of how the important elements fit together to enable an attorney to handle a custody matter to the fullest. The authors include many well-respected family law litigators who are Certified Family Law Specialists.
Highlights:
Explains rules for California jurisdiction to obtain initial orders, modifications, and enforcement of orders/judgments
Covers situations involving children brought into or who have moved away from California
Chapter on handling parental relocation ("move away") cases
Chapter on visitation by grandparents, stepparents, and other third parties
Explains custody mediation, evaluation, and use of psychologists in custody litigation
Child custody rights can be modified.
In today's mobile and constantly changing society it is very common that custody rights are modified. Courts recognize that children's desires, wishes or even relationships to parents change over the course of time. Therefore, with the children's best interest in mind, courts are willing to alter custodial rights in order to adapt to new circumstances and living situations. Alternatively, the ex-spouses can voluntarily modify the last court order and come to a mutual agreement about the new custody rights.
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Definition:
If one parent has sole physical custody, visitation rights are worked out with the non-custodial parent.
Grounds for divorce
Definition:
Grounds for divorce refers to the legal reasons for a marriage to be dissolved. These reasons have to be proven in court for the divorce to be granted.
Annulment
Definition:
An annulment is a remedy to set aside a marriage based upon certain limited legal deficiencies.
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Child custody rights can be modified.
