Family Attorney in Orange County, California

Violet P. Woodhouse, APC

2 Corporate Plaza Drive Suite 250 Newport Beach, California 92660 USA

 (949) 467-9146 or (866) 934-1764
 (949) 640-8862

www.vpwlaw.com/
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Law Firm Overview

At Violet P. Woodhouse, APC, in Newport Beach, California, we can help you successfully get through the most complicated of divorces. We understand that people who are facing divorce need qualified guidance on all of the issues that will be affecting their lives. While many may think only of the family law aspects of a divorce such as child custody, child support, alimony or property division, it will, of course, affect every area of your life in one way or another.

We are a law firm providing a level of service you may not find elsewhere. Attorney Violet P. Woodhouse became a Certified Financial Planner™ in 1986. She received her certification from the University of Southern California, College for Financial Planning. In 1993 Attorney Woodhouse graduated from Western State University College of Law and began practicing law. She also received her Certification as a Family Law Specialist, conferred by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization in 1997.

Our extensive legal and financial experience allows us to create strategies that will help turn your goals for your divorce into your future. We offer skilled representation that can help secure favorable terms regarding child support, child custody, property division and all other aspects of divorce.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Property Division; Divorce Tax Implications; Complex Property Division; Rights and Obligations between Spouses.

Practice Areas Description

Our practice includes:

- Family Law

If you are facing a divorce, the most effective single action you can perform is to secure skilled and experienced counsel to help guide you through such difficult times. Divorce touches every aspect of your life. The two aspects where you can benefit the most from counsel are legal and financial. We offer our counsel on the following issues:

* Divorce

At Violet P. Woodhouse, APC, Orange County divorce lawyer Violet P. Woodhouse can help create confidence and the peace of mind that may be necessary for you to be able to make wise decisions. We understand the strain that divorce can create, and we strive to help our clients clearly see their own future and how they want it to be. We then utilize our skills and experience to help bring that vision to reality.

* Separation

For those people whose marriages are no longer a viable option, but who do not wish to divorce their spouse, there is an option. Legal separation allows a married couple to create a new paradigm for their lives while retaining their marital status. The same issues that are part of a divorce are resolved in a legal separation. At Violet P. Woodhouse, APC, Orange County legal separation attorney Violet P. Woodhouse can help you come to a full understanding of the advantages and limitations of legal separation.

* Child Custody

When the court is making decisions regarding child custody and visitation, it typically starts with the idea that both parents should play an active role in their children's lives. While making those decisions, the court attempts to discern and serve the best interests of the children. Our experience allows us to keep your goals and the children's best interests balanced as much as possible as we work to secure a parenting plan that will work for your family today and into the future.

* Paternity

For the parents of a child born out of wedlock, the establishment of paternity is the only way to grant the father his rights and secure for the child and mother the financial support that they likely need. Beyond the benefits conferred to the father and mother, the establishment of paternity tells a child that he or she truly does have two parents. Orange County paternity lawyer Violet P. Woodhouse can help you create the legal bonds and rights that go along with paternity.

* Child Support

We understand how important child support can be to the budget of the household that the children reside in and how important spousal support can be for a spouse who may have been out of the workforce for an extended period. We also understand that if those obligations are not appropriately set, they will harm the finances of the supporting household. In fact, unrealistic support levels are frequently a cause when one spouse ceases to meet his or her child support or spousal support obligations.

* Spousal Support

Alimony is a common, but not a necessary part of divorce in California. The court will look at numerous factors, including the length of the marriage, the financial need of the potential alimony recipient, the ability of the other spouse to pay alimony, taxes, employability and consequences. These factors would go into determining if there would be any alimony and, if so, for what duration and in what amount. A short-term marriage with spouses on similar financial footing is unlikely to have an award of alimony. A long-term marriage where one spouse has foregone a career to aid their spouse or the family is more likely to have alimony awarded in it.

* Property Division

The division of property that occurs within a divorce can be very complicated depending on the nature of the marital estate that is being divided. For simpler marital estates, an experienced divorce attorney may be able to create a division that is acceptable and equitable to both parties. For marital estates with a greater amount of assets, you may be better served by a divorce attorney with extensive financial experience.

* Divorce Tax Implications

Your divorce is going to change your status before the law in a number of ways. One way that many individuals and a number of divorce lawyers may not understand adequately is how your divorce is going to affect your tax status. Filing taxes after a divorce is likely to be an eye opening experience. It doesn't have to be. Armed with knowledge, you can make decisions during your divorce that will prepare you for your new tax status. More proactively, having the counsel of an attorney with extensive financial experience can help you to make those decisions in such a way as to create benefit and avoid liability.

* Complex Property Division

Ownership of a business, for many, is the realization of the American dream. Controlling your own destiny via your talents and determination is a state of being that many people aspire to. If you are a business owner who is involved in a divorce, your most prized asset, your business, could be put at risk without effective representation that understands divorce and finances. We can help you find confidence by providing representation that will work to help you achieve your goals for your divorce and your business.

* Rights and Obligations between Spouses

The parties to a divorce have certain obligations under California law regarding their debts and assets. Each party must fully disclose its financial state of affairs. The law sets out very specific responsibilities that are designed to create an accurate picture of the marital estate so that the court and the spouses may perform an honest disclosure of assets and a full division of the marital estate. The spouses are bound by a duty of good faith and fair dealing that is imposed by the California Family Code. Any breach of this duty will open a spouse up to various sanctions.

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