Here is a local tracking application for Sonoma County regarding the Coronavirus COVID19 infection and fatality rates. One person has died in Sonoma County, the infection rate has doubled to 21 people. Despite this, people are still not social distancing here in the County. We are facing a global pandemic and enormous fatalities. [...]
If you or your loved on is taken ill and have no plan in place, the difficulties can be tremendous. An Advanced Health Care Directive will be requested by every hospital and people are often forced to execute such documents during care. Do not let that happen to you. This will determine the level [...]
SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS WHO ARE DIVORCED/SEPARATED AND SHARING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC From the leaders of groups that deal with families in crisis: Susan Myres, President of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) Jill Peña, Executive Director of AAML Dr. Matt Sullivan, President of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) [...]
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU. Dear Quentin, My spouse hides his money and all of his investments are hidden. I have lived in Boston since 2006. I moved from New York and gave up my job of 16 years because we got married and I relocated, leaving my two adult children, who were [...]
Very often people will come to my office when they are facing a hearing in a family law case. As one would expect, they do not understand the process and do now know what to expect. In my opinion, the wiser clients do not go to these hearings by themselves, but retain counsel to represent [...]
A “DVRO” or “Domestic Violence Restraining Order” is a court order, lasting anywhere from a few months to five years, which is granted against and individual for the follow act of “abuse” which is defined as the following: (1) To intentionally or recklessly cause or attempt to cause bodily injury. (2) Sexual assault. (3) To place a person [...]
Among the most common myths which become conventional wisdom in the family court is that children always tell the truth. It surprised me when I first heard this, and continues to surprise me when I hear it. Everyone was a child and every one of us knows a child. The one thing we know [...]
As a family law attorney we all run into different types of divorce lawyers. Some of them good, some of them bad, some of them, a combination of both. Here my rundown of a few different kinds: THE CHURNER: The first thing you need to do with this lawyer is watch your wallet. They will [...]
As a family law attorney in Santa Rosa, California I see all different dynamics at play: in some cases, both parties are engaged in a tango in which they want to "one-up" the other one. In other cases, there is quite simply only one person who is driving the conflict. Because the "evidence" in [...]
If you are going through a divorce and need expert advice, from child custody, child support, division of property then please contact Wallace Francis Attorney at Law at 707-544-1134 or email him at wallace@wallacefrancis.com.
