Sarieh Family Law’s Practice Areas
A divorce – or any other family dispute – is always a difficult and trying circumstance. Let experienced Orange County family law attorney Wail Sarieh and the legal team at Sarieh Family Law help you and your family with the divorce process, a domestic violence situation, a paternity matter, or any dispute related to a divorce, child custody, child support, or alimony.
Divorce & Separation
Annulment
Divorce is not always the best option for spouses who are dissolving a marriage, but only certain marriages qualify for annulment. A family lawyer at Sarieh Family Law can help you understand your options.
Modification
After a divorce, if circumstances change and you need a court order modified regarding child custody, visitation, child support, or spousal support, contact Sarieh Family Law for the legal assistance you’ll need.
Divorce
Family law attorneys with Sarieh Family Law represent clients in both contested and uncontested divorces. We put our clients, their children, and their long-term interests first.
Legal Separation
Spouses who are seeking to end a marriage have options apart from the conventional courtroom-focused divorce proceeding.
Mediation
If you are involved in a divorce or a divorce-related dispute that might be resolved through out-of-court mediation, contact Sarieh Family Law.
Just Got Served
If you are served with divorce papers in California, you typically have only thirty days to respond or you could compromise your legal rights.
Financial Issues in Divorce
Spousal Support
If you are divorcing, you’ll have questions about alimony, called “spousal support” in California. How much will you receive or have to pay?
Alimony
If you’re divorcing in California, determining spousal support—or alimony—can be complex.
Division of Assets
Dividing property in a California divorce requires full financial disclosure and careful legal handling.
Hidden Assets
If one divorcing spouse tries to move or hide assets from the other before or during the divorce, an experienced divorce attorney.
Marital Agreements
An Orange County family lawyer at Sarieh Family Law can help you and your partner draft a sound prenuptial or postnuptial agreement.
Prenuptial Agreements
Before marriage, a prenuptial agreement can safeguard both partners’ rights and property.
Marvin Agreements
When couples live together without marriage, they may be placing their property and assets at risk unless they have a Marvin agreement that spells out the terms of their arrangement.
Putative Spouse
A putative marriage is an apparently valid marriage entered in good faith by at least one of the partners, but it’s not a legal marriage due to a technical or legal impediment.
Child & Parenting Matters
Child Custody
In custody matters, Sarieh Family Law represents parents who are divorcing, already divorced, and those who never married.
Child Support
A child support order can be essential to ensuring your child’s quality of life after a divorce. At Sarieh Family Law, you’ll work with an experienced family law specialist.
Child Visitation
Under California law, in almost all cases, a parent will be granted reasonable visitation rights with his or her child after a divorce.
Interstate Custody
If divorcing parents cannot reach a custody agreement out of court, and one parent now lives in another state.
Move Away
After a divorce, some parents move away for a career opportunity. Others move to be closer to their own family and friends.
Relocation
After a divorce, relocating with a child can complicate custody arrangements. Sarieh Family Law represents parents seeking or contesting relocation, always putting the child’s best interest first.
Guardianship
A circumstance sometimes arises where someone other than a child’s parent needs to be the child’s legal guardian.
Paternity/DNA Testing
Establishing who a child’s biological father may be is necessary for a mother to obtain child support, for a father to gain visitation rights, or for a child’s medical needs.
Termination of Parental Rights
The law requires a compelling reason to terminate someone’s parental rights. If you are seeking to terminate your ex-spouse’s parental rights.
Request to Order
A Request to Order is your request to the court to issue orders for child custody, child support, visitation, or alimony. A family lawyer at Sarieh Family Law can help you file a Request to Order.
Family Rights & Protection
Grandparents’ Rights
When a parent restricts contact, California law may allow grandparents to seek visitation. The attorneys at Sarieh Family Law can help you pursue or protect your rights as a grandparent.
Domestic Violence
We represent and speak for the victims of domestic violence. Attorneys at Sarieh Family Law help domestic violence victims acquire the restraining orders.
At Sarieh Family Law, our California family law attorneys deal with every aspect of the divorce process and every matter of family law. Our priority is providing you with the legal advice, representation, and resolutions you need to move ahead constructively and positively into the future. To schedule a confidential, no-cost case evaluation, call Sarieh Family Law today.
