Family Law Firm in California
Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP
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18952 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 305 Irvine, California 92612 USA |
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(714) 667-0045
or (877) 753-2407
www.wf-lawyers.net
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Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, is a family law firm providing clients with experienced, professional legal services in a comfortable and friendly law office. Our lawyers guide you through major legal decisions involving your family. We can handle all your family law matters, including divorce, child custody and visitation, support issues, property division, domestic partnerships, and post-divorce modifications due to a significant change of circumstances.
We are committed to our client’s cause. Our service is second to none, and we have a reputation for achieving results. Our success is evident from our repeat clients and from our referrals from happy clients and other lawyers.
The firm offers a free confidential consultation with one of our partners, as the attorneys are committed to our client's cause.
Practice Areas
Additional Practice Areas: Annulment; Dissolving a Domestic Partnership; Property Division; Post-Divorce Court Orders & Modifications; Guardianships; Legal Separation; Department of Child Support Service (DCSS).
Practice Areas Description
Wilkinson & Finkbeiner provides legal representation and services in the following areas of practice:Family Law
- Divorce
As knowledgeable San Diego divorce lawyers, we understand the emotional and financial issues that face men and women who are contemplating a change, or being forced into a change, of family dynamics. We are equipped to handle all types of dissolution matters, including the following: Uncontested divorce; Contested divorce; Annulment; Dissolving a domestic partnership; No fault divorce; Legal separation. We understand that a divorce can be difficult, especially if children are involved. Issues related to child custody, visitation, and child support can be psychologically and economically draining, not too mention hard to deal with while you're in an emotional state. We will be your voice of reason; providing you with sound advice. You will appreciate our patience, compassion, and ability to present you with your viable options.
- Child Custody & Visitation
As experienced San Diego child custody attorneys, we can help you with issues revolving around legal custody (sole custody or joint custody). Legal custody allows the parent(s) with legal custody to make decisions for the child (or children), including decisions regarding schooling, extracurricular activities, and medical decisions. We also assist our clients with physical custody and visitation issues, including the primary residence for the child or children, and how weekdays, weekends, holidays, birthdays, summers, and other significant dates will be divided. Physical custody and visitation often affect the amount of child support payments to the custodial parent. Our attorneys and staff will also prepare you for your Family Court Services mediation. Your knowledge of the mediation process is the key to obtaining a favorable recommendation. Our experienced attorneys will provide you with the mindset and skills necessary to make the mediation process less intimidating.
- Child Support and Spousal Support
The amount of money paid for child support and spousal support can be dependant on a number of variables. As experienced lawyers, we understand the California child support guidelines and the factors that go into determining spousal support. As knowledgeable San Diego child support lawyers, we provide clients with understanding and professional legal advice and consultation, as well as aggressive representation in child support matters. Our representation includes both traditional Family Law Court and Family Support Division matters enforced through the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS.) It is imperative that you call our office immediately upon receiving any notice from DCSS (including notice of arrears), or if you merely need to modify the amount of support you pay or receive. We are always cognizant of the costs, and utilize technology whenever possible to keep costs down. If you are going through a divorce, you want to make sure you receive the child support to which you are entitled; likewise, you want to ensure you are only obligated to pay what the law requires. We constantly remind clients that the amount of child support payments are a minimum, and that any parent paying support can always voluntarily contribute more money to support their child.
- Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements
The family law attorneys at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, draft prenuptial agreements and postnuptial agreements, and offer advice regarding issues that can be resolved through the use of prenuptial or postnuptial agreements. Many people don't realize that prenuptial and postnuptial agreements can be limited in time and scope, and may be used to contract out of general California Community Property Law. Some people who utilize prenuptial agreements are people who want to make sure the marriage will last. You need not be wealthy to utilize this important service. Regardless of the scope of your assets and liabilities, your agreement will reflect your personal needs and goals. Your agreement will set forth each party’s rights and obligations during the marriage, giving each partner peace of mind and a foundation to build a future together. Our experienced prenuptial and postnuptial agreement attorneys can advise and assist in negotiating and drafting a pre-marital or a post-marital legal document. Mr. Wilkinson and Mr. Finkbeiner are skilled negotiators and innovative in their ability to accomplish your goals.
- Paternity Suits
Paternity suits can arise when there is uncertainty or a disagreement regarding the identity of the child's father. Often, parents will use a paternity action to establish a man's legal obligation to provide child support. In some cases, a man will use a paternity action to establish fatherhood for the purpose of obtaining custody and/or visitation rights. Our highly experienced San Diego paternity attorneys can assist mothers and potential fathers in paternity actions. Whether you are seeking a paternity action to obtain child support or to avoid paying child support for a child you believe may not be yours, or to establish custody and visitation rights, then you want experienced legal representation from a skilled family law attorney. We will discuss your issues and provide you with your options, which may involve negotiating a settlement without taking a paternity test. If you elect to take, or are required to take, a paternity test, we can work to protect your legal rights and interests.
- Property Division
The property division lawyers at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, provide personal service, attention, and professional representation to men and women throughout southern California with issues involving the valuation and distribution of marital assets. We also assist clients with post-divorce issues regarding the discovery of undisclosed assets, such as hidden bank accounts, real estate, and collectibles or other personal property (cars, boats, guns, antiques, art, etc.). As skilled San Diego property division lawyers, we understand many of the issues regarding valuation and distribution of marital assets, including marital property.
- Domestic Partnerships
Whether you need a domestic partnership rights lawyer to assist you with registering your partnership, drafting a domestic partnership agreement, or assisting you with a domestic partnership dissolution (or legal separation), we can help. Our partners will listen to you, learn about your issues and goals, and provide you with experienced, professional advice and dedicated legal representation. Because the laws regarding domestic partnerships are fairly new, there is much of the law that is still being developed and interpreted. As experienced domestic partnership legal rights lawyers, we stay on top of the latest developments of domestic partnership law.
- Post-Divorce Court Orders & Modifications
Most post-divorce decree modification requests center around child custody, child support, and spousal support. Our attorneys also have significant experience assisting clients to enforce their judgments and orders. It is often necessary to enforce court orders because the other party is not in compliance, is late or in default of court orders. In these situations, you need a competent, qualified attorney to represent your interests. Our experienced attorneys will not only help you enforce court orders, we will help you collect on your family law judgment. There are many legal tools our attorneys utilize to force compliance with court orders including filing requests for sanctions and contempt, filing and recording liens, garnishing wages, and levying accounts. In most cases, interest accrues on unpaid judgments.
- Domestic Violence
The domestic violence attorneys at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, provide personal service, attention, and professional representation to men and women throughout southern California seeking court orders or defense for domestic violence restraining order cases. Domestic violence restraining order cases involve situations in which a person commits an act of abuse on a spouse, partner, boyfriend or girlfriend, certain family members, child, or even a pet. California Family Code § 6320 defines "abuse" as molesting, attacking, striking, stalking, threatening, sexual assaulting, battering, harassing, excessive communications including telephone or cell phone calls, destroying personal property, or disturbing the peace. Our attorneys have represented clients in many domestic violence cases, including representation of both male and females, and petitioner and respondent litigants. We are experienced in handling domestic violence cases and have litigated restraining order matters all over San Diego County. Our attorneys may also register your out-of-state domestic violence orders with the San Diego Superior Court located within your area of residence, including North County, East County, Downtown, and South Bay.
- Estate Planning
Our experienced southern California estate planning lawyers provide a full range of estate planning services. We understand you worked hard to accumulate your assets, and you want to preserve as much of your estate to dispose of as you see fit. We will work hard to meet your goals and accomplish your desires in the most cost-effective manner possible. Our goal is to meet and exceed your goals.
- Wills & Trusts
The will and trust planning attorneys at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, assist individuals, families, and domestic partners with their estate planning needs, including wills, trusts, and guardianships. Although we earned our reputation for family law, we pride ourselves on being a full service family law firm that can provide you with all the services your need as your needs change and evolves through marriage, divorce, childbirth, and other life events. We can help you with tax planning and other strategies to protect your assets so your beneficiaries can inherit a larger share of your estate. We will sit with you and discuss your estate planning needs and goals, and then customize a plan that may include drafting wills, trusts, or both to best accomplish those goals.
- Living Wills & Health Care Directives
The living will lawyers at Wilkinson & Finkbeiner, LLP, assist individuals, families, and domestic partners with their estate planning needs, including powers of attorney to establish California advance healthcare directives for use when you are unable to make a healthcare decision. As knowledgeable and experienced San Diego living will lawyers, we can counsel you on your options, and draft your California advanced healthcare directive. Whether you want to provide directives for certain situations, appoint someone a general power to make healthcare decisions on your behalf if you are unable to do so, or both, we can help provide you with the proper documentation to achieve your goals.
- Probate & Estate Administration
As experienced estate administration attorneys, we understand California's probate laws. In some cases, it may be in your best interest to allow your estate to go through probate, rather than have your property distributed through a will, trust, or combination of will and trusts. As experienced estate planning attorneys, we can properly advise you on which options can best and most economically meet your goals. We can counsel you on appointing an estate administrator, an executor for your estate, and the fiduciary duties and responsibilities of those positions. In addition, we can discuss the fees you will incur and the benefits and detriments of having your estate probated. Our firm provides high quality, compassionate, professional, and aggressive representation in a cost-effective manner that effectively and successfully accomplishes each of our client's estate planning objectives.
- Business Planning & Organization
Our firm provides high quality, compassionate, professional, and knowledgeable representation in a cost-effective manner and work to effectively and successfully accomplish each of our client's business planning objectives. As experienced southern California business law lawyers, we can advise and assist you with your business formation needs. Whether you are entrepreneur attempting to start your own company or an existing business that is looking to explore your options for reorganizing, we can provide you with experienced representation. We will help you assess your needs and provide you with your options, as well as the benefits of each option.
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