by Dennis Beaver | attorney fees, family law
August 29, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Our recent articles on ways of improving attorney-client relationships led to highly positive reader feedback from across the country, including a request from a Southern California Bar Association that we serve as a fee arbitrator...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law, lawyers
December 13, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Santa Maria family law attorney Bob McDermott has a stern warning for anyone planning on doing their own divorce: “Understand the risks and be aware of your rights and responsibilities. For someone unfamiliar with the law and legal...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law, lawyers
December 6, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver Across California and much of the country, over 70 percent of all divorce and family-law related matters are being handled entirely by the parties themselves as a pro per–or pro se as it is called in some states. However, as any...
by Dennis Beaver | divorce, family law
July 12, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver “Many years ago I recall one of your columns talked about how nasty parents can be to each other and to the children when going through a divorce, frustrating visitation and contact. That’s what happening right now, to our son and...
by Dennis Beaver | family law
April 26, 2014 • By Dennis Beaver It was a beautiful spring morning in the California’s southern San Joaquin Valley, a Friday when Maria and her two friends were westbound on Highway 119, headed to their jobs in Taft. All three lived with their families and...
by Dennis Beaver | family law
November 2, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver It’s a phone call that Hanford police Officer John Henderson takes no pleasure in making — when he informs a parent that “Their teenage son is in jail, caught along with other gang members in a burglary.” From experience, he knows...
