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38 Corporate Park
Irvine,
California
92606
Phone: 949-553-0304
Fax: 949-553-0346
3890 11th Street (by appointment only)
Riverside,
California
92501
Toll-Free: 800-249-9570 |
The Maggio Law Firm, Inc. is a full-service law firm committed to protecting the legal rights of our clients. Our firm fights hard and cares about you and your rights.
Family Law
Family law is the practice of law dealing with all aspects of the California Family Code.
Our firm handles a full range of Family Law matters including divorce, legal separation, domestic partnerships, paternity, child custody, interstate custody, child support, spousal support and stepparent adoptions.
We have experience with modifications of support and custody matters where there have been changes in one spouse’s financial circumstances and preparing petitions for contempt for failure to pay support or allow visitation.
- Prenuptial and Post-Marital Agreements
- Marital Settlement Agreements
- Domestic Partnership Agreements
- Legal Separations
- Legal Separation Agreements
- Annulments
- Adoptions
- Paternity actions (when the parents of a child are not married)
- Interstate Family Law Matters
- Modification of Child Custody After Divorce
- Modification of Child Support After Divorce
- Modification of Child Visitation After Divorce
- Modification of Spousal Support After Divorce
- Termination of Spousal Support (Alimony) After Divorce
- Guardianships
- Cohabitation Agreements
Divorce
At The Maggio Law Firm, we help our clients through this difficult process. In our experience, successfully moving beyond divorce and on with the rest of your life requires both compassionate emotional support and sound legal guidance. Issues involved in a divorce, such as child custody and visitation, child support, property division, and spousal support, are emotionally draining and life-altering events. To deal with the legal and emotional fallout of divorce, you need a divorce attorney who is competent and compassionate.
If you are getting divorced in California, or have any other type of family law case such as adoption, alimony or custody, you should contact a lawyer to determine your rights. The Maggio Law Firm is dedicated to assisting you in evaluating your options and fighting for your rights.
- Child Custody and Visitation
- Child Support
- Child Support Enforcement and Collection
- Spousal Support (Alimony)
- Child Custody Move-Away Requests
- Division of Property
- Asset and Income Tracing (including possible hidden assets)
- Establishing the proper ownership of marital assets
- Divorce Mediation and Settlements
- Restraining Orders
- Post-Divorce Planning
- Dissolution of Registered Domestic Partnerships
- Grandparent Visitation
Domestic Partnership Law
Certain nonmarital cohabitants are eligible under California to register as “domestic partners” [California Family Code § 297 et seq.] “Domestic partners” are defined by the Code as “two adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring.” [California Family Code § 297 (a)]
Although California does not recognize same-sex marriages, the California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003, which took effect January 1, 2005, conferred a wide range of rights and responsibilities on couples who register in California as domestic partners and such rights and responsibilities give domestic partners many of the rights of married couples.
The California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act expanded the rights of couples who register as domestic partners to give such individuals the rights and responsibilities enjoyed under a marriage or civil union. The new law included provisions for creating and dissolving domestic partnerships, community property and financial obligations, parental rights and responsibilities, governmental benefits, health care, and estate planning and inheritance rights.
In order to enjoy the rights and benefits of domestic partnership, you must officially register as a domestic partnership with the State of California Domestic Partners Registry and enter into a domestic partnership agreement that is filed with the State of California. Such agreement confers legal rights upon both parties, and addresses the legal and financial consequences that would result if the partnership is dissolved in the future, as well as the process of dissolving the partnership.
Registering a “domestic partnership” does not make the partners “married” or “spouses” under California Family Law. But the domestic partners nonetheless acquire a broad range of statutory rights and privileges. Effective January 1, 2005, the rights and obligations of registered domestic partners under California law are virtually identical to the rights and obligations of spouses.
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