Child Custody, Timeshare and Child Relocation Cases
Representative Cases
- Twenty (20) day child custody matter concerning sexual abuse allegations of parties’ minor daughter. Numerous allegations were made by Mom against Dad. Multiple experts testified regarding the allegations from two schools of thought regarding alleged sexual abuse of minor children.
- Case involved “CALICO” interviews of minor child. Court appointed an expert under Evidence Code §730 and Family Code §3118. Father was a physician and Mom was a psychologist. Case drew worldwide attention based on the “two camps” of sexual abuse theories.
- Presided over numerous child custody relocation cases over the years with proposed moves to Oregon, Florida, Kansas, Southern California, Connecticut, Virginia, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., Minnesota, Texas, Georgia, Italy, England, Japan, as well as other areas throughout the United States and the world.
- Presided over a high-profile child custody, timeshare and relocation case involving Father, a professional football player who lived in Georgia and Mother, who lived in California. Case involved the issue of the application of the Family Code § 3044 presumption against Mother and the dynamics of Father’s football schedule on ordering a custody/timeshare arrangement.
- Presided over multiple child abduction cases involving different states and countries. As an attorney, represented clients involved in said cases. Represented Mom who took her two sons to another state based upon her belief that Father was abusing the children. Mother and sons were found by the television show “Unsolved Mysteries” and returned to California.
- Child abduction case involving Mother whose daughter was taken out of the crib at a young age by her brother and sister-in-law without Mother’s knowledge or consent. Mother did not see her daughter for seven (7) years, until through very strange circumstances a friend of Mother’s learned where the child was located up in Humboldt County. The case was filed in Alameda County, but it was discovered that the brother and sister-in-law had obtained guardianship of the child seven years ago without notice to Mother.
- Case involving a request to terminate the guardianship in Humboldt County. After a lengthy contested trial, the guardianship was terminated, and the child was returned to Mother’s custody.