Effective Child Custody Solutions for Your Family
Child custody is one of the most difficult issues in separation and divorce. If you cannot approach custody arrangements with cooperation and a genuine co-parenting attitude, then your children could suffer the consequences.
The Davis, California, Law Office of Yasmin Cogswell Spiegel will help you and your family find effective child custody solutions. We can also help you create a mutually beneficial parenting plan.
Legal Custody
Legal custody concerns the right to make fundamental decisions for your child or children until they reach adulthood, such as decisions regarding their education, health care and religious training.
California law presumes that it is in your child's best interest for the parents to make these decisions in consultation with each other. The best way to avoid having the court decide custody arrangements is to develop a positive, co-parenting approach to raising your child.
Physical Custody
Physical custody is the legal term for the schedule of time your child is living with either parent. California law does not place a presumption as to whether joint or sole physical custody is in a child's best interests.
Parenting Plans
In our experience, the key to developing successful parenting plans is understanding your child's fundamental needs. You must base decisions on the best interests of your child, considering your child's age and developmental stage.
At the beginning of the separation, it is often helpful to assist children in adjusting to the divorce for your plan to approximate as near as possible the day-to-day contact with each parent that your child had before your divorce. Plans should also evolve as children develop and grow. By understanding your child's developmental needs and being flexible and agreeable when structuring your parenting plan, you can help your child spend quality time with each parent.
Attorney Yasmin C. Spiegel has more than 18 years of experience litigating, mediating and negotiating child custody and parenting plan arrangements in Yolo County. She has seen the negative effects that custody trials can place on children of all ages. She will help you create the best plan to reduce conflict and promote family harmony.
Court Decisions When Cooperation Is Unsuccessful or Impossible
If you and your ex-spouse or ex-partner cannot agree on a custody or parenting plan, the court will decide. California law encourages meaningful ongoing relationships with both parents after divorce or the ending of their relationship. However, that does not mean you will spend an equal amount of time with your child. If it is impossible to come to a cooperative co-parenting agreement, Yasmin C. Spiegel, as a Certified Family Law Specialist, has almost two decades of trial experience fighting for custody orders that will be in the best interests of your child.
Contact a Lawyer Today for a Brighter Tomorrow
For legal guidance to resolve child custody issues, including mediation and collaborative law strategies, please call us at 530-554-9241, or send us an e-mail.
