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Family Law deals with especially sensitive issues that can have life-long emotional and financial effects. It is a specialized area of law, requiring specific training in negotiation and litigation skills, taxation, property and business evaluation, as well as a knowledge of constantly changing rules and procedures.

The law office of Glen L. Rabenn is devoted exclusively to the practice of Family Law. With more than 32 years of hands-on experience, Mr. Rabenn offers a comprehensive understanding of the legal and human issues involved in all areas of Family Law:

• Dissolution of Marriage
  We guide you carefully through the legal steps and help you resolve your personal concerns with the goal of achieving a fair and equitable agreement.
• Children:
  We evaluate all of the options to help you find the best solution for your children.
• Property Settlement
  We provide expert counsel and strong advocacy in the complex areas of discovery, assessment and negotiation of personal and business assets.
• Child Support
  We apply innovative solutions and strong negotiation techniques to the development, revision and enforcement of workable child support agreements. When agreement is not possible, we provide strong, persuasive representation in court.
• Spousal Support
  We represent your interests for now and the future.
• Family Law Litigation
  
  We provide our clients with vigorous representation at all stages of a family law case. In a divorce or other family law matter clients often need immediate action to protect their rights or the interests of their children. In other cases, the client ’s spouse might be hiding assets or understating income. Our office is experienced in dealing with these situations in a swift and effective manner by employing the following strategies:
  • Next day filing of a dissolution of marriage case.
  • Obtaining emergency restraining orders.
  • Serving subpoenas on banks and other financial institutions.
  • Depositions of the other spouse and witnesses.
  • Preventing the other spouse from disposing of or borrowing against real estate.
  • Preventing the other spouse from removing minor children from the state.
  • Obtaining orders protecting our clients from domestic violence, including excluding the other spouse from the family residence.
• Collaborative Divorce
  
  In addition to traditional litigation, our office is now offering Collaborative Divorce services. In a Collaborative Divorce case the spouses and their attorneys sign an agreement in which they commit themselves to resolving the issues in the divorce without going to court. The agreement further provides that if either spouse decides to litigate the case in court, both of the attorneys will withdraw from the case and will not be allowed to perform any further services in connection for either spouse.

  The Collaborative Divorce process involves the assembly of a team of professionals who are all dedicated to achieving an amicable resolution of the divorce without going to court. In addition to the attorneys, the team includes four other professionals.

  Divorce Coaches: Each spouse has his/her own mental health professional who serves as a "divorce coach," assisting the spouse in dealing with the emotional and child-related issues in the case.

  Child Specialist: A third mental health professional who focuses on the needs of the children

  Financial Specialist: A financial expert who assists the spouses in creating household budgets and dividing the community property

  A Collaborative Divorce differs from the traditional litigated divorce in several important respects:
  • A Collaborative Divorce can usually be completed in a few months. A typical litigated divorce takes between six and eighteen months to complete, sometimes longer.
  • A Collaborative Divorce usually costs between one-third and one-half the cost of a litigated divorce.
  • The spouses in a Collaborative Divorce case use joint accountants, mental health consultants, appraisers, and other consultants, instead of hiring their own separately retained experts.
  • At the end of a Collaborative Divorce the spouses are more likely to retain goodwill and respect.
  • The feelings and desires of the children are considered throughout the entire process.

Be sure to visit Glen's California Divorce blog for discussions of California Family Law topics, including recent appellate court decisions, new family law statutes, Collaborative Divorce, child support, child custody, spousal support and division of community property.

Please email us or visit our website for additional information.

Articles by Glen L. Rabenn:

• Calculating Child Support Under the California Child Support Guidelines
• California Child Custody and Visitation FAQ's
• California Child Support FAQ's
• California Community Property FAQ's
• California Dissolution of Marriage FAQ's
• California Enforcement of Orders FAQ's
• California Modification of Judgments FAQ's
• California Spousal Support FAQ's
• The Collaborative Divorce Process
• Domestic Partnership Act of 2003
• Marriage of Walrath
• The Move-Away Dilemma
• Pension and Employment Benefits
• Thomas Jefferson, the Blair Divorce and the Declaration of Independence
• Will A Judge Consider a Child's Custodial Preference?
• Your Day in Court