When a spouse is unfaithful, it’s obviously painful to the other person in the marriage. However, infidelity can also be hurtful to the children. In fact one psychologist contends it can be one of the most harmful events that can happen to a family — perhaps second only to the death of a spouse…
Child custody disputes are among the most emotional and hard-fought battles that California parents have. These can occur during a divorce or months or years later if one parent seeks greater or sole custody of a child. They can also occur if parents who were never married end their relationship. If parents cannot agree…
A divorced couple from California is now in a bitter court battle that centers around frozen embryos. Most recently, the former husband and his camp said that the woman really was just after money, and that the embryos were a tool she was trying to use to get it. The whole thing started years…
Planning your summer vacation is supposed to be fun in California, but it can be stressful if you’re divorced and you’re trying to plan it around your children. If so, use these tips to make sure that everything works out well. First, you need to stick to your schedule, and you need to have…
Many people think that they have little, if any reason to care about celebrity divorces and child custody battles. However, the pain experienced in these cases is often the same for wealthy, famous and/or beautiful people as for anyone else. The sad saga of actress Kelly Rutherford’s battle to gain custody of her two…
It’s not a common practice for people here in California to pay attention to court decisions made on the other side of the country. That’s because some people know that each state is allowed to make its own laws and that courts within each state’s jurisdiction have the right to use their discretion when…
If you’re a parent who has gone through the divorce process before, then you might agree with this statement: child custody negotiations tend to bring out the worst in each parent. This can be due to a number of reasons such as heightened emotions left over from the initial shock of being presented with…
If you’re a regular reader of our blog, then you may have read our piece concerning talk-show host Sherri Shepherd who, over the last year, has found herself facing some rather contentious litigation. Although we only outlined Shepherd’s custody battle with her first ex-husband over their son, this isn’t the only litigation the former View…
If we asked you to explain how certain legal processes go, you’d probably only be able to describe the ones you’ve encountered in your life, such as how to apply for a driver’s license or what happens when you are accused of committing a crime. This is to be expected, especially because most people…
If you are a parent who is worried about your child’s well being when he or she is with their other parent, you will want to talk with an attorney to learn more about supervised visitation. At Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C., we represent parents in San Francisco and the surrounding areas who are…
